who had already begun to establish God’s kingdom among them and that its arrival was imminent. The fact that Jesus chose twelve disciples, even if we are uncertain of their names, indicates that he believed he was going to establish a renewed people of Israel for the new day of the coming kingdom of God. Although Jesus accepted the messianic title from his followers in private, he did not use the title of himself in his public ministry, except once: at the point of his appearance before Caiaphas