Among the early followers and apostles of Jesus, Matthew is mentioned in Mt 9:9 and Mt 10:3 as a former publican from Capernaum who was called into the ministry of the twelve by Jesus. He is also named among the twelve, but without identification of his background, in Mk 3:18, Lk 6:15 and Acts 1:13. He is also called Levi, son of Alpheus, in Mk 2:14 and Lk 5:27. He may have collected taxes from the Hebrew people for Herod Antipas. Matthew was called by Jesus of Nazareth to be one of the Twelve Disciples. According to the New Testament, he was one of the witnesses of the Resurrection and the Ascension of Jesus.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 10:38:01 +0000
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