1)  Vocabulary: Apo/stolos  = from / to dispatch.

2)  Matt. 10:1-2, Healers, spiritual and physical.  Cf.  Acts 5:12-16.

3)  Mark 6:30, Teachers.  Also Acts 2:42; 6:4; and Ephesians 4:11.

4)  Acts 5:5, 9-10, Takers of life in a spiritual context.  Cp.  1 Timothy
     1:20 and 2 Cor. 13:10.

5)  Ephesians 2:20; 3:5-6, Agents of the dispensational change between
     Israel and the Church.

6)  Acts 5:40, Persecuted for the faith.  Also 1 Cor. 4:9-13.

7)  1 Cor. 12:28, First in the Church in spiritual authority.  Cp. 1 Thes.
     2:6.

8)  2 Cor. 11:13-15, Satan's false apostle plan.  Cp.  Rev. 2:2.

9)  2 Cor. 12:12, Signs of a true Apostle.  Cp. 1 Cor. 1:1; 9:1; 15:7.