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17 lines
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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 pause in the story. Here Matthew tells the names of the twelve apostles.
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# twelve apostles
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This is the same group as the “twelve disciples” in Matthew 10:1.
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# first
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This is first in order, not in rank. Peter was probably the first to become one of Jesus’ disciples.
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