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# General Information:
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Here the author provides the names of the twelve apostles as background information.
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here Matthew tells background information about the twelve apostles. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# twelve apostles
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This is the same group as the "twelve disciples" in [Matthew 10:1 ](../10/01.md ).
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# first
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This is first in order, not in rank. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
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