Beyond the Twelve: Matthias and Paul How important is it that we include a discussion regarding Matthias and Paul in this book about the twelve original apostles? Peter and the congregation of Jerusalem clearly saw the calling of Matthias into the role of apostleship as very important, and given the abundant fruits of Paul’s labors following his dramatic conversion to follow Christ, we must also mark them as important enough to include as part of this work. Matthias and Paul both received the apostolic