Doctrines

2 Cor 12:12

Paul said that the marks of a true apostle included

‘signs and wonders and mighty works’ (2 Cor 12:12).

Scripture tells us of the miracles performed by Jesus’ apostles. For example:

• The Apostles Peter and John were involved in miraculous healing, e.g. a paralyzed man was healed (Acts 3:6),
• The Apostle Peter had specific word of knowledge as seen in the case of Ananias and his wife (Acts 5:1-9),
• Paul’s handkerchiefs and aprons could heal others (Acts 19:12). NB: Paul called himself the apostle of the Gentiles (Rom 11:13) although he was not one of Jesus’ twelve original apostles,
• Jesus sent out seventy-two disciples (definitely not a small number) to perform miracles (Luke 10:1-17).

Then, there was Philip who was miraculously ‘teleported’ from the desert to the town of Azotus (Acts 8:40).

Having said that, we know that a cousin of his, John the Baptist, a man commended by Jesus with words like –

‘I tell you among those born of women none is greater than John (the Baptist)’ (Luke 7:28),

John did no miracles (John 10:41). Then again, John the Baptist was not an apostle but a ‘forerunner’ of Jesus (Matt 3:3).