Does anyone know what tribe(s) the 12 disciples of the New Testament in the Bible,belonged to?

Answer 1

You'd have to get a Jewish expert to tell you (from the Talmud), but I think the only Jews who were regarded as Jews in 1C would be the ones in the state of Judah - Judah, Benjamin and Levi. The tribes in the state of Israel got deported, and the ones who stayed in Samaria seem to have mixed with incomers.

Having said that James talks of writing his epistle to the 12 tribes scattered through the world, so maybe there were Israelis from other tribes still conscious of their Israeli origin, perhaps in Assyria, Egypt, Babylon and in the Roman Empire. The most orthodox Jews might shun them, but perhaps ordinary Jews weren't so fussy. James as a christian would have abandoned racial pride.

But you'd expect the original 12 to be true Jews of the 3 tribes.

Answer 2

I don't believe that the Bible tells us. I would be logical to think that maybe they belonged one to each of the 12 tribes, but since some of them were brothers, that isn't possible.

Answer 3

12 tribes of Israel.

http://asis.com/~stag/losttrib.html

http://members.tnns.net/wordweb/losttribe.htm