The Twelve

The Twelve, or the Apostles, were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament.

The Twelve may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• The Twelve, a fictional organisation in the Killing Eve TV series and Codename Villanelle book on which it is based
• The Twelve (comics), a Marvel Comics limited series
• The Twelve (novel), by Justin Cronin, 2012
• "The Twelve" (poem), a Russian poem by Alexander Blok, 1918
• Apocalypse: The Twelve, a Marvel Comics crossover storyline
• The Twelve, an anthem by William Walton, with text by W.H. Auden

Religion

• Quorum of the Twelve, or the Twelve, one of the governing bodies of the Latter Day Saint movement
• The Twelve Imams, the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam
• Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of prophet Jacob
• Twelve Minor Prophets, authors of religious works in the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament
• Twelve Olympians, the major deities of the Greek pantheon

Other uses

• "The Twelve", a group of Swedish women including Ellen Key who improved working class ladies' manners

See also

• All pages with titles containing The Twelve
• 12 (disambiguation)
• El Libro de los Doce ('The Book about the Twelve'), a book about the Cuban revolution by Carlos Franqui