Luke 6:15 (LSB)

Passage

and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

Nearby Context

Luke 6:13 And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:

Luke 6:14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

Luke 6:15 and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot;

Luke 6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Luke 6:17 And Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "matthew", "thomas", "james", "alphaeus", "simon", and "zealot". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "matthew", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Simon whom He also named Peter and..." into verse 16's "Judas the son of James and Judas...", so "called" and "matthew" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "matthew" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.