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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Matthew
A tax collector, which made him an outcast among fellow Jews for working on Rome's behalf, until Jesus called him straight from his booth to be one of the twelve. Mark and Luke call him Levi. He threw a big dinner for Jesus with other tax collectors, and early church tradition says he wrote the Gospel that carries his name, aimed at Jewish readers.
A tax collector, which made him an outcast among fellow Jews for working on Rome's behalf, until Jesus called him straight from his booth to be one of the twelve. Mark and Luke call him Levi. He threw a big dinner for Jesus with other tax collectors, and early church tradition says he wrote the Gospel that carries his name, aimed at Jewish readers.
Matthew was a tax collector, a profession that made him a social outcast among fellow Jews for working on Rome's behalf, and Jesus called him directly from his tax booth to become one of the twelve apostles. Also called Levi in Mark and Luke's accounts, Matthew hosted a large dinner for Jesus with his fellow tax collectors and other social outcasts, and early church tradition credits him with writing the Gospel that bears his name, aimed especially at showing Jewish readers how Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament.
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- Matthew 9:9
- Matthew 10:3
- Mark 3:18
- Luke 6:15
- Acts 1:13
