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Aug 14, 2020 · By. Jack Zavada. Updated on August 14, 2020. Matthew the apostle had been a dishonest tax collector driven by greed until Jesus Christ chose him as a disciple. Also called Levi, Matthew was not a stand-out character in the Bible; He is only mentioned by name in the lists of apostles and in the account of his calling.
Apr 2, 2014 · Updated: Apr 22, 2021. Photo: Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images. Synopsis. Born in Palestine sometime in the 1st century, Saint Matthew was one of Jesus's 12 apostles and also one of the four...
Matthew 1. The Genealogy of Jesus. ( Ruth 4:18–22; Luke 3:23–38) 1 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
Feb 17, 2021 · Updated Feb 17, 2021. Claims to fame: Matthew works as a tax collector before meeting Jesus. He becomes an active follower/disciple of Jesus. Matthew invites over his “sinner” friends to meet Jesus. He agrees to serve as one of the 12 apostles. Matthew travels extensively with Jesus and the apostles. He is an eyewitness of Jesus Christ’s ascension.
Matthew is included in all four canonical lists of the twelve apostles (Matt 10:3, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15, Acts 1:13). He is also traditionally identified with Levi, a tax collector whom Jesus calls and dines with in Mark 2:13-17 and Luke 5:27-32 .
Matthew is the most Jewish-centric of the four gospels. The apostle regularly invoked the writings of the Old Testament prophets in an effort to illustrate Jesus’s identity as Israel’s long-awaited Messiah. However, the gospel of Matthew has been notoriously difficult to date.
Matthew the Apostle. Jesus called Matthew out of one of the most reviled professions: tax collector. Matthew responded in faith to become a trusted apostle and beloved author. There’s so much we would like to know about Matthew and all 12 apostles, but the Bible gives us few details beyond the stories of the most famous ones, Peter and John ...
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