The Apostle
Matthew was originally a tax collector before Jesus called him to follow him. Traditionally, Matthew wrote the Gospel of Matthew, but the Gospel itself never makes reference to who the author is (or isn’t) and the title “Gospel of Matthew” was not applied to it until years after it. He may have written it; or he may not have.
There are elements of the Gospel that point to his authorship—the fact that it’s written for a Jewish audience, for instance; also of note is the fact that three fifths of the Gospel is actual things that Jesus said—whoever wrote it had to have been there to record it.
Because of his status as a tax collector, we can assume that he had a significant amount of money, and before his call, all of the apostles either knew him or knew of him.
Traditionally, he died a martyr, but this has never been proven.
There are elements of the Gospel that point to his authorship—the fact that it’s written for a Jewish audience, for instance; also of note is the fact that three fifths of the Gospel is actual things that Jesus said—whoever wrote it had to have been there to record it.
Because of his status as a tax collector, we can assume that he had a significant amount of money, and before his call, all of the apostles either knew him or knew of him.
Traditionally, he died a martyr, but this has never been proven.
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