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2 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Matthew n 1: disciple of Jesus; author of the first Gospel [syn: {Matthew}, {Saint Matthew}, {St Matthew}, {Saint Matthew the Apostle}, {Levi}] 2: one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount [syn: {Matthew}, {Gospel According to Matthew}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Matthew 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.
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