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Yes, Matthew was a tax collector.

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Which people in the Bible were tax collecters?

Matthew was a tax collector before he became a disciple of Jesus Christ.


Who was the tax collector Christian religion?

The tax collector as well as all the other people in the Bible were Jewish, even Jesus. Matthew the Disciple was a Publican (tax collector) before becoming a follower of Christ.


Which disciple left his job as a tax collector to follow jesus?

Matthew, also known as Levi, left his job as a tax collector to follow Jesus. He is one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus in the Bible.


What was the name of the tax collector Jesus called?

That would be Matthew, who Jesus called as he walked by his booth on the street. The tax collectors were a despised bunch because they generally collected more than was necessary and pocketed the difference.


What was each disciple doing before being called by Jesus?

Most of the disciples were simple fishermen, Matthew was a tax collector.


What was Matthew the disciple known for?

Matthew, also known as Levi, was one of the twelve apostles chosen by Jesus. He was a tax collector before becoming a disciple, and is known for writing the Gospel of Matthew which presents the teachings and life of Jesus.


What nationality was Saint Matthew?

The Apostle Saint Matthew was Jewish, a native of Israel. He was a tax collector by trade before meeting Jesus and becoming his disciple.


What did mathew do before being a disciple?

Matthew, also known as Levi, worked as a tax collectorfor the occupying Roman government when Jesus called him. According to the gospel that bears his name, he literally got up and "walked off the job" to follow Jesus. (Matthew 9:9)


How did Saint Matthew become an apostle?

Saint Matthew, a tax collector, was called by Jesus to follow him. Matthew immediately left everything to become one of the twelve apostles. This calling marked the beginning of his journey as a disciple of Jesus.


What are facts about the 12 disciple?

Most of the disciples were plain fishermen and Mattew was tax collector.


Who Matthew in the gospel?

There is no clear-cut answer to who Matthew was in the Bible. The original New Testament gospel, now known as Mark's Gospel, refers to Levi, son of Alpheus (Alphaeus) as a tax collector whom Jesus called to follow him (Mark 2:14). Mark never again refers to Levi, who is not mentioned in the full list of the twelve disciples (verses 3:14-19), but introduces other disciples including Matthew, Thaddeus (Thaddaeus), and James, son of Alpheus. In this gospel, all we know is that Matthew was a disciple and Levi was the tax collector. .Disciples are not meant to change their minds when called by Jesus, yet this seems to happen when Mark omits Levi in the list of all the twelve apostles. Matthew's Gospel is known to have been based substantially on Mark and, when copying Mark, its anonymous author resolves Levi's unexplained absence simply by not mentioning Levi and by having Matthew as the disciple who was a tax collector, so that two thousand years of tradition have held that Levi and Matthew must be the same person.


Some of Jesus' despised friends were?

Jesus welcomed in sinners. He ate with Zaccheas, had his feet washed by the hair of a prostitute (as the story goes), and had a tax collector as a disciple.