# General Information:

Here the author provides the names of the twelve apostles as background information.

# Now

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/translate/writing-background]])

# twelve apostles

This is the same group as the "twelve disciples" in [Matthew 10:1](../10/01.md).

# first

This is first in order, not in rank. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])