Matthew
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room,
where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of
James....
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And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named
Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto
him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him....
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Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican;
James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was
Thaddaeus;...
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Matthew the Evangelist (מתי/מתתיהו, "Gift of Yahweh", Standard
Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu; Septuagint
Greek: Ματθαῖος, Matthaios) was, according to Christian
tradition, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the
four Evangelists.
Matthew, a former tax collector, composed the Gospel of
Christ. It was first publish...
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math'-u: Matthew the apostle and evangelist is mentioned in
the 4 catalogues of the apostles in Mt 10:3; Mk 3:18; Lk
6:15; Acts 1:13, though his place is not constant in this
list, varying between the 7th and the 8th places and thus
exchanging positions with Thomas. The name occurring in the
two forms Matthaios, and Maththaios, is a Greek repr...
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-Also called LEVI
-(A receiver of customs (taxes for the Romans))
-Becomes a disciple of Jesus
Mt 9:9,10; 10:3; Mr 2:14,15; 3:18; Lu 5:27-29; 6:15;
Ac
1:13...
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(gift of Jehovah). (A contraction, as is also Matthias, of
Mattathias. His original name was Levi, and his name Matthew
was probably adopted as his new apostolic name was a Jew.
His father's name was Alphaeus. His home was at Capernaum
His business was the collection of dues and customs from
persons and goods crossing the Sea of Galilee, or pa...
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gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was
the
son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or tax-gatherer
at
Capernaum. On one occasion Jesus, coming up from the
side of the
lake, passed the custom-house where Matthew was
seated, and said
to him, "Follow me." Matthew arose and followed him,
and became
his disciple (Matt. 9:9). For...
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("the gift of Jehovah"), contracted from Mattathias. The
evangelist and apostle. Son of Alphaeus (not the father of
James the Less, for Matthew and James are never coupled as
brothers). Mark (Mark 2:14, compare Mark 3:18) and Luke
(Luke 5:27, compare with Luke 6:15) veil his former less
honorable occupation of a publican under his original nam...
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