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Person

Matthew

Also called Levi

Mentioned in 8 verses across 4 books, first in Luke 5:27. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 3 verses in Luke, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Luke

Luke 5:27
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
Luke 5:29
Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
Luke 6:15
Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

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Events

Events the dataset lists Matthew as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 28
Jesus Calls MatthewMatthew 9:9 – Luke 5:32 · at Capernaum
c. AD 28
Apostles ChosenMatthew 10:2 – Luke 6:16 · at Capernaum
no date
Matthias replaces JudasActs 1:12–26 · at Jerusalem

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or tax-gatherer at Capernaum. On one occasion Jesus, coming up from the side of the lake, passed the custom-house where Matthew was seated, and said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew arose and followed him, and became his disciple (Matt. 9:9). Formerly the name by which he was known was Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27); he now changed it, possibly in grateful memory of his call, to Matthew. The same day on which Jesus called him he made a “great feast” (Luke 5:29), a farewell feast, to which he invited Jesus and his disciples, and probably also many of old associates. He was afterwards selected as one of the twelve (6:15). His name does not occur again in the Gospel history except in the lists of the apostles. The last notice of him is in Acts 1:13. The time and manner of his death are unknown.