Q:What is the difference between a disciple and an apostle? Why in the Bible are Jesus' words in red and God's words are not?

A:The word disciple means "learner or pupil." Disciple is someone that is being trained under a master or a teacher. The prophets, John the Baptist and Jesus all had followers or disciples (Isaiah 8:16 and Matthew 5:1; 9:14). Apostle is a Greek word that means "one sent forth." The New Testament uses the word apostle as the official name for Jesus' 12 disciples as well as for the Apostle Paul (Acts 9; 1 Corinthians 1:1; and 2 Corinthians 10-12). The apostles were acquainted personally with Jesus (Acts 1:21-22); they helped to establish the Christian church (Mark 16:20 and Acts), and through their written and spoken testimony, they laid the foundation of the church (Ephesians 2:20). The disciples, after a long period of training under Jesus, we could say - graduated and became apostles of Jesus, sharing His teachings and His message of love and forgiveness with all people and nations (John 20:21-23 and Matthew 28:19-20).

Not all Bibles have Jesus' words in red, some editions do and some don't. The reason that some Bibles have Jesus' words in red is to help the reader to find Jesus' words more easily, to become familiarized with them and memorize them. This does not mean that other passages in Scripture are less important or inferior, in fact "all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17)