Who were the parents of the disciple Matthew?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

A:Mark's Gospel refers to Levi, son of Alphaeus, as a tax collector whom Jesus called to follow him (Mark 2:14). However, for some reason, Mark never again refers to Levi, but introduces other disciples including Matthew and James, son of Alphaeus, as disciples in the full list of the twelve disciples (verses 3:14-19).

Disciples are not meant to change their minds when called by Jesus, yet Mark leaves Levi out of his subsequent list of all the twelve apostles. When copying the original gospel, the anonymous author of Matthew resolves this by not mentioning Levi and by having Matthew as the disciple who was a tax collector. Matthew's Gospel is now widely known to have been based substantially on Mark, and its author could not possibly have known anything about Levi that was not to be found in Mark, but this usage in Matthew means that it has become accepted by Christians that Matthew and Levi were one and the same person. On this understanding, Matthew's father was Alphaeus, but the author of Mark's Gospel does not appear to have intended this. The gospels do not tell us his mother's name.

Answer 3

The parents of the disciple Matthew are not specifically mentioned in the Bible. Matthew was also known as Levi and was a tax collector before becoming a disciple of Jesus.