Do you have Scriptural evidence of this statement?
Very few of the disciples would’ve been eye witnesses of Jesus, but to be counted as one of the twelve one did as did Matthias.
Do you have any more Scripture on this?
Even John the Baptist, great as he was, could not keep a following in his own name.
Did any besides the apostles have the same authority? Which of them wrote Scripture besides Luke? Or raised a dead person? Or had the testimony of the other apostles like Mathtias and Barsabbas? James had no one elected to follow him at his execution.
In fact, as Paul said, these miraculous gifts were to pass away. (1Cor.13:8)
In Acts 9:36-42 is the account of the death of a disciple. If anyone present had been able to raise her to life there would have been no need to hurriedly bring Peter there but evidently none could.
Verse 41 says Peter called the saints and widows and “presented her to them”.
“Do you have any more Scripture on this?”
In Matt. 10:5-9, Jesus sends out the twelve telling them to “..go only to the lost sheep of Israel and.....
Heal the sick cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received freely give”.
Jesus also commissioned the seventy disciples to “And heal the sick that are therein , and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.” (Luke 10:9)
That was quite a bit different from the instructions and authority given the twelve.
By the time John died most of those who had been witnesses of Jesus would have been gone. Who would be left that he could lay hand on as a witness of Christ?
If that doesn't answer your question, I may be misunderstanding what you're asking.