# 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.

# twelve apostles

This is the same group as the “twelve disciples” in Matthew 10:1.

# first

This is first in order, not in rank. Peter was probably the first to become one of Jesus’ disciples.