preaching to the multitude, had disciples who followed him. The standing phrase in Greek for the disciples of any master is “those about him:” the disciples of Socrates, for example, are “those about Socrates.” Similarly it is said in the Gospels that Jesus chose the Twelve “that they should be with Him.” This circumstance alone must have limited the number of those who were His disciples in the strict sense; for few could give up their work and home in order to follow Him. His habits were itinerant;