Quick Facts
Apostle
Role
AD 3 – AD 70
Lifespan
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Books Written
The World They Lived In
AD 3AD 70
Roman Empire
What They Wrote
Key Verses
A Jewish tax collector sitting at his booth in Capernaum when Jesus called him to follow. Tax collectors were despised as collaborators with Rome and ritual outcasts, making Jesus' choice of Matthew a deliberate statement about the scope of God's grace. Matthew hosted a feast where Jesus ate with 'sinners and tax collectors,' provoking Pharisaic outrage. Church tradition attributes the first Gospel to him, with its distinctive emphasis on Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
A Jewish tax collector sitting at his booth in Capernaum when Jesus called him to follow.
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