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<p>New page: '''Matthew the Apostle''' (מַתִּתְיָהוּ ''Mattithyahu'' or מתי ''Mattay'', &quot;Gift of <a href="/wiki/Jehovah" title="Jehovah">Jehovah</a>&quot;; Ματθαῖος ''Matthaios''; also known as '''Saint Matthew''' and as '...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Matthew the Apostle''' (מַתִּתְיָהוּ ''Mattithyahu'' or מתי ''Mattay'', &quot;Gift of [[Jehovah]]&quot;; Ματθαῖος ''Matthaios''; also known as '''Saint Matthew''' and as '''Levi''') was, according to the [[Bible]], one of the [[Twelve Apostles|twelve apostles of Jesus]] and, according to Christian tradition, one of the [[four Evangelists]].<br /> <br /> ==In the Bible==<br /> Among the early followers and apostles of [[Jesus]], Matthew is mentioned in [[Matthew 9:9]] and [[Matthew 10:3]] as a [[publican]] who, while sitting at the &quot;receipt of custom&quot; in [[Capernaum]], was called to follow Jesus in [[Matthew 9:9]] [[Mark 2:15]]-[[Mark 2:17|17]] [[Luke 5:29]]. Matthew may have collected taxes from the Hebrew people for [[Herod Antipas]]. Matthew is also listed among [[Twelve Disciples|the twelve]], but without identification of his background, in [[Mark 3:18]], [[Luke 6:15]] and [[Acts 1:13]]. In passages parallel to [[Matthew 9:9]], both [[Mark 2:14]] and [[Luke 5:27]] describe Jesus' calling of the tax collector Levi, the son of Alphaeus, but Mark and Luke never explicitly equate this Levi with the Matthew named as one of the twelve.<br /> <br /> ==Early life==<br /> Matthew was a 1st-century Galilean (presumably born in [[Galilee]], which was not part of [[Judea]] or the Roman [[Iudaea province]]), the son of [[Alphaeus|Alpheus]]. As a tax collector he would have been literate in [[Aramaic]] and Greek. After his call, Matthew invited Jesus home for a feast. On seeing this, the [[Scribes]] and the [[Pharisees]] criticized Jesus for eating with tax collectors and [[sinners]]. This prompted Jesus to answer, &quot;I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.&quot; ([[Mark 2:17]], [[Luke 5:32]])<br /> <br /> ==Ministry==<br /> The New Testament records that as a [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciple]], he followed Jesus, and was one of the witnesses of the [[Resurrection appearances of Jesus|Resurrection]] and the [[Ascension of Jesus]]. Afterwards, the disciples withdrew to an upper room ([[Acts 1|Acts 1:10-14]]) The disciples remained in and about Jerusalem and proclaimed that Jesus was the promised Messiah.<br /> <br /> [[Category:1st-century Christian martyrs]]<br /> [[Category:1st-century writers]]<br /> [[Category:Anglican saints]]<br /> [[Category:Ante-Nicene Christian martyrs]]<br /> [[Category:Burials at Salerno Cathedral]]<br /> [[Category:Eastern Orthodox saints]]<br /> [[Category:People celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar]]<br /> [[Category:Roman-era Jews]]<br /> [[Category:Saints from the Holy Land]]<br /> [[Category:Twelve Apostles]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]<br /> [[Category:Year of death unknown]]</div>

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