“There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.”
Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples — the list names five disciples and notes 'two others,' making seven total (a symbolically complete number). The specific naming (Thomas, Nathanael, Zebedee's sons) suggests eyewitness tradition; Nathanael's location (Cana) links resurrection to the Gospel's first sign-revelation. The seven comprise the nucleus of the believing community.
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