Scholars say that in the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Markand Luke), the mission of Jesus seems to have taken no more than one year, but that in John's Gospel his mission explicitly took three years. Thus, Matthew was a disciple for about one year (synoptics) or perhaps three years (John), although the name Matthew is not mentioned in John.
The disciple Matthew is believed to have been martyred by being stabbed to death in Ethiopia.
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Disciple
Yes, Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.
If Matthew the disciple/apostle had a wife we are not told about it in the Bible.
Matthew was a disciple, an apostle as well as an evangelist.
Matthew 10:1-4
Yes, Matthew was a tax collector.
The Bible does not tell us the stature of the disciples.
Peter. Matthew 16:16.
Peter (Matthew 14:28-31)
It is uncertain where he was born. When he became an apostle he was living in Capharnaum in Galilee. Eusebius writes that he may have originally been from Syria.