Who are Jesus' first disciple

Who were the first disciples Jesus called to follow him and be his special witnesses? When and Where did he choose them? Which ones were brothers?

The apostle John records who were the first five people called to follow Jesus. John and Andrew were the initial two people called to be disciples by Christ  (John 1:35-39). Then came Peter (also called Simon or Simon Peter, verse 40-42) followed by Phillip (verse 43 to 44) and then Nathaniel(Bartholomew verse 45). The book of Mattew then records that James (a son of Zebedee and brother of John) followed by Mattew 4:21-22) followed by Mattew's own calling (Mattew 9:9).

It is Bibllically unclear in what order the remaining five of the first twelve disciples were specially called. These remaining followers of Jesus were Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Judas brother of James, Simon the Canannite (Simon the Zealot) and Judas Iscariot.

Jesus seams to have called his innermost or first twelve apostles (disciples) in a least seven distinct time periods. Andrew and John were called together . Peter was then called after his brother Andrew told him about the Messaiah. Phillip was called to be a disciple the day after Peter.

Nathaniel (Batholomew) was called after Phillip told him about the Lord. James (son of Zebedee and John's brother) was called as he was mending nets inside a boat on the sea of Galilee. Mattew received his calling as Jesus leaving Capanaum. The remaining disciples were called at another time.

Amazingly, out of the original twelve apostles there were three sets of brothers. They were Peter and Andrew, James and John (the sons of Zebedee) and James the son of Alphaeus, Judas brother of James (also called Lebbaeus and Thaddaeus) and Simon the Canaanite (Simon the Zealot). This means that seven out of the twelve disciples had a close relative who was also a close followers of God!

Several of the apostles were known to live in or near Capanaaum. Jesus first moved from Nazareth to the city when he began his public ministry (Mattew 4:13-16). The disciples who lived near each other were James, John, Mattew,Andrew,Peter and Phillip.

It is also interesting to note that in the New Testamemt there are four separate lists of Jesus' first twelve disciples. Three of there list are found in the Gospels (Mattew 10:1-4, Mark 3:13-18, Luke 6:12-16) while the Fourth list (which excludes Judas Iscariot) is found in the book of (Acts 1:12-13)