en_tn/mat/10/02.md

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General Information:

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

Now

This word is used here to mark a pause in the story. Here Matthew tells the names of 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)