He was formerly a tax collector, and this is what he was doing when Jesus called him to be a follower.
Matthew was a disciple, an apostle as well as an evangelist.
The disciple Matthew is believed to have been martyred by being stabbed to death in Ethiopia.
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Disciple
Matthew was known as Levi. Mark was known as John Mark. Luke was called The Physician. And John was the Beloved Disciple.
Yes, Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus.
Yes, Matthias was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve disciples. However, Matthew (also known as Levi) was a different disciple who was already among the original twelve chosen by Jesus.
If Matthew the disciple/apostle had a wife we are not told about it in the Bible.
John the disciple (also known as John the Revelator) was the son of Zebedee (Matthew 4:21). The mother of John is not directly given, though some speculate that Salome was his and James's mother.
Matthew 10:1-4
AnswerThe Gospel According to St Matthew, sometrimes known as Matthew's Gospel, is referred to as the first gospel. It was given that name by the Church Fathers in the second century, when they decided that, in their view, the author was probably the disciple Matthew.
The parents of the disciple Matthew are not explicitly mentioned in the Bible or other historical texts. Matthew, also known as Levi, was a tax collector before becoming one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In the Gospel of Matthew, he simply refers to himself as the son of Alphaeus, but it is unclear if this refers to his father or another relative with the same name.