Apostle Facts for Kids

Apostle and The Apostles can mean:

Religion

The Twelve Apostles, the 12 followers of Jesus given "the Great Commission".
The Seventy Apostles, the 70 sent forth in Luke 10. They are referred to as Apostles by the Orthodox Church and as Disciples in the Western tradition.
Jesus is referred to as an apostle in Hebrews 3:1
Apostle (Latter Day Saints), a position within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Muḥammad, as "رسول الله" "Rasūlullāh" (Muḥammad's primary title and a part of the Shahādah) can be translated as "The Apostle of God"

The Apostle, a 1997 movie directed by and starring Robert Duvall
El Apóstol, the world's oldest animated feature movie, 1917, Argentina
The Apostles (band), a punk rock group from the 1980s
The Apostles (Elgar), a 1903 choral work by Edward Elgar
Apostle (production company), a television production company founded in 1994 by Jim Serpico and Denis Leary
12 Apostles (record label), a record label
The Apostles (Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible), an installment of the Christian direct-to-video animated movie series, Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible

Cambridge Apostles, a secret society at the University of Cambridge
Apostle Plant, the genus Neomarica of plants believed to only flower after growing 12 leaves
Twelve Apostles (Irish counter-intelligence organisation), an Irish Republican Army unit created by Michael Collins

Some of the Twelve Apostles, mosaic in the Euphrasian Basilica
Aeschines (389–314 BC), who throughout his life was sent as member of some embassy missions. The Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos) can be translated to "ambassador" and "envoy" and was in some instances used this way in Ancient Greece.