As a tax collector he was probably quite financially secure, if not wealthy.
He also would have been quite unpopular, and even feared by the majority of people. since he had the power to seize property and even have people arrested and imprisoned if they failed to pay their taxes.
Matthew is also called a Levi in the bible as he was a tax collector.
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.
Mathew , he was a ridiculed Tax collector before , he joined the Apostles
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)
Yes, Levi was a tax collector.
Yes, Matthew was a tax collector.
He was chief tax collector for Judea. (•____•)
The tax collector was Nicodemus.
The ISBN of Confessions of a Tax Collector is 9780060555603.
Confessions of a Tax Collector was created in 2004.
the tax collector is still around. it is called the IRS and does not go door to door like the colonial tax collector does. :D
The cast of The Income Tax Collector - 1923 includes: Lew Brice as The Income Tax Collector