Did Jesus Have Friends? Who Were Jesus’ Friends?

Did Jesus Have Friends? Who Were Jesus’ Friends?
See also: What Jesus Said About Friends and Friendship.

Question: Did Jesus Have Friends?
Answer: Absolutely. See examples below.

Jesus’ Friends – Example 1 – Peter, James and John
Jesus had 12 disciples, and they all shared friendship and fellowship with Jesus. But Peter, James and John were three of Jesus’ closest friends – i.e. friends in His inner circle.

Bible Verses:
John 19:26, NASB When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

John 20:2, NASB So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

Jesus’ Friends – Example 2 – Lazarus, Mary and Martha
John 11:2-4, NIV (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death.

Jesus’ Friends – Example 3 – Jesus Calls Us His Friends.
John 15:15, NIV I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
Matthew 28:20, ESV I am with you always, to the end of the age.

You Can Be A Friend Of Jesus.
See also: Bible Verses About Jesus Being Our Friend; Bible Verses about Knowing Jesus

Did Jesus Have Friends? Who Were Jesus’ Friends?

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