Matthew 10:1 says, And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.   Jesus called His twelve disciplines to Him, and if we are to be His disciples, or followers, today, we must first be called to Him.  These twelve were special only by the fact that they were called by Jesus to spread the gospel after His death especially.  Matthew Henry says that at this point that they were ordained to preach and were not just gathered to learn from Jesus.  Though we may first need to learn more about Jesus when we accept Him as our Savoir and Lord, ultimately we need to begin witnessing for Him and seek task that He has for us.  We are called for a purpose other than just our own salvation.  We are called to advance the gospel.  Even then, one would betray Jesus.  Just because a person claims to follow Jesus does not mean that they really do, but if we are truly followers of Christ, then He has called us not only to salvation, but to spread the gospel as well.  Verse two states, Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;  Verse three continues,  Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;  Then verse four concludes, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.  We are given a list of the twelve disciples.   Some, we know no more about them than their names, but this does not make them any less important.  They were not extraordinary men, but men from everyday life.  Still, when they put their faith in Jesus and followed Him, they turned the world upside down.  We may not feel extraordinary today, but if we are followers of Christ and allow the Holy Spirit to work through us, we can achieve extraordinary things for God.  Hopefully, we are not like Judas and only claiming to follow Jesus.  There are those today who attempt to portray Judas as simply a confused person and give him a more sympathetic reason for his betrayal, but I believe that he did what he did for his own benefit.  There are those who profess to follow Christ today who do so only for their own benefit, and we can never justify them.  We may look back at these early disciples and think that somehow they were more empowered than we are today, but that is not true.  The only power that they had came from their relationship to Jesus, the same as our power today does.