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.
Matthew was a disciple, an apostle as well as an evangelist.
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.
Saint Matthew was one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. As a disciple, he followed Jesus, learned from His teachings, and spread the message of Christianity after Jesus' death. Saint Matthew also wrote the first Gospel in the New Testament, which bears his name and recounts the life and teachings of Jesus.
Peter. See Matthew 16:21-23.
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.
The disciple Matthew is believed to have been martyred by being stabbed to death in Ethiopia.
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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)
John Finlayson - disciple - was born in 1770.