Matthew
The Gospel According to Matthew (Greek: κατὰ Ματθαῖον
εὐαγγέλιον, kata Matthaion euangelion, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ
Ματθαῖον, to euangelion kata Matthaion), commonly shortened
to the Gospel of Matthew, is one of the four Canonical
gospels and is the first book of the New Testament. This
synoptic gospel is an account of the life, ministry, death,
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LITERATURE
1. Name of Gospel--Unity and Integrity:
The "Gospel according to Matthew," i.e. the Gospel according
to the account of Matthew, stands, according to traditional,
but not entirely universal, arrangement, first among the
canonical Gospels. The Gospel, as will be seen below, was
unanimously ascribed by the testimony of the ancient churc...
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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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1. Its authorship. --That this Gospel was written by the
apostle Matthew there is no reason to doubt. Seventeen
independent witnesses of the first four centuries attest its
genuineness.
2. Its original language. --The testimony of the
early Church is unanimous that Matthew wrote originally in
the Hebrew language. On the otherhand doubt is thr...
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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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The author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an
apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears. He wrote
the Gospel of
Christ according to his own plans and aims, and from
his own
point of view, as did also the other "evangelists."
As to the time of its composition, there is little
in the
Gospel itself to indicate. It was evidently wri...
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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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frontGOSPELS for its aspect of Christ compared with the
other evangelists.)
Time of writing. As our Lord's words divide Acts
(Acts 1:8) into its three parts, "ye shall be witnesses unto
Me in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth":
(1) the period in which the church was Jewish, Acts
1-11;
(2) ...
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