495 B
495 B
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/jit/writing-background)
twelve apostles
This is the same group as the "twelve disciples" in Matthew 10:1.
first
This is first in order, not in rank. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal)