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Matthew 10:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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Role in This Section
Begins the apostolic list with Peter, Andrew, James, and John.
Read It With
- Matthew 10:1–10:4
Matthew 10:2 begins the apostolic list with Peter, Andrew, James, and John; within Matthew 10:1–10:4, it contributes to this controlling movement: Jesus gives the twelve authority over unclean spirits and disease, then Matthew names the group including fishermen, a tax collector, a zealot, and Judas who betrays him.
Why It Needs Context
Begins the apostolic list with Peter, Andrew, James, and John. Its responsible force depends on Matthew 10:1–10:4; it supplies genealogy, sequence, quotation, dialogue, image, response, or transition rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Read Matthew 10:2–4 together
Why these verses belong together: The twelve names create one representative group, including difference and future betrayal.
Verse 2. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Verse 3. 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Verse 4. 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Matthew 10:1–10:4 — Jesus authorizes and names the twelveSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Matthew 10:1–10:4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control without treating one edition as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file data/sblgnt/text/Matt.txt, Matthew 10:1–10:4
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