Jesus selected twelve special disciples and testified to the multitude of their divine calling: "Blessed are ye if ye shall give heed unto the words of these twelve whom I have chosen from among you to minister unto you, and to be your servants; and unto them I have given power" (3 Nephi 12:1). According to Robert Matthews, these twelve were, in fact, apostles, although the record does not specifically so designate them. (See Moroni 2:1-3; see also the chapter heading to Moroni 2, and Joseph Smith, the "Wentworth Letter," History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2nd ed. rev., edited by B. H. Roberts (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1932-51), 4:538. [Robert J. Matthews, "Christ's Authority, His Other Sheep, and the Redemption of Israel," in Studies in Scripture: Book of Mormon, Part 2, pp. 161, 171]