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Matthew

Also called Levi

Mentioned AD 31–33 traditional (Jones)

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Alphaeus
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8 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

3 events in which Matthew takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

  1. AD 28Jesus Calls MatthewMatt 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32
  2. AD 28Apostles ChosenMatt 10:2-4; Mark 3:13-18; Luke 6:12-16
  3. AD 30Matthias replaces JudasActs 1:12-26

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 6–58, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

8 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Matthew2
  2. Mark2
  3. Luke3
  4. Acts1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMatthew 7Levi 66
KJVMatthew 5Levi 72
ASVMatthew 5Levi 74

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 8 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew2 verses
  1. 9:9

    As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

  2. 10:3

    Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Mark2 verses
  1. 2:14

    As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

  2. 3:18

    Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Luke3 verses
  1. 5:27

    After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,

  2. 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.

  3. 6:15

    Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

Acts1 verse
  1. 1:13

    When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

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.