ST See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• ST MATTHEW (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

MATTHEW (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to See also:

• THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus)  , one of the twelve apostles, and the traditional author of the First See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel, where he is described as having been a tax-gatherer or customs-officer (rEXc.,v , X . 3), in the service of the See also:

• TETRARCH (TETp&pX1)S)

tetrarch See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod . The circumstances of his See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to become a follower of Jesus, received as he sat in the " customs See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house " in one of the towns by the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea of See also:

• GALILEE
• GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)
• GALILEE, SEA OF

Galilee—apparently See also:

• CAPERNAUM (Kairepvaovµ; probably, " the village of Nahum ")

Capernaum (See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark ii . 1, 13), are briefly related in ix . 9 . We should gather from the parallel narrative in Mark ii . 14, See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke v . 27, that he was at the. See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time known as " See also:

• LEVI, HERMANN (1839-1900)
• LEVI, LEONE (1821-1888)

Levi the son of Alphaeus " (compare See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon Cephas, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BARNABAS

Barnabas) : if so, " See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James the son of Alphaeus " may have been his See also:

• BROTHER

brother . Possibly " See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew " (Yahweh's See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift) was his See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian surname, since two native names, neither being a patronymic, is contrary to Jewish usage . It must be noted, however, that Matthew and Levi were sometimes distinguished in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times, as by See also:

• HERACLEON

Heracleon (c . 170 A.D.), and more dubiously by See also:

• ORIGEN (c. 185-c. 254)

Origen (c . Celsum, 62), also apparently in the See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac Didascalia (sec. iii.), V. xiv .

14 . It has generally been supposed, on the strength of Luke's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account (v . 29), that Matthew gave a feast in Jesus' See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour (like Zacchaeus, Luke xix . 6 seq.) . But Mark (ii . 15), followed by Matthew (ix . 1o), may mean that the See also:

• MEAL

meal in question was one in Jesus' own See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home at Capernaum (cf. v . 1) . In the lists of the Apostles given in the Synoptic Gospels and in Acts, Matthew ranks third or See also:

• FOURTH

fourth in the second See also:

• GROUP

group of four—a See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• INDEX

index of his relative importance in the apostolic See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . The only other facts related of Matthew on See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good authority concern him as Evangelist . See also:

• EUSEBIUS
• EUSEBIUS (Gr. EuOi/3tos, from ebaegils, pious, cf. the Latin name Pius)
• EUSEBIUS [OF CAESAREA] (c. 260-c. 340)
• EUSEBIUS [OF EMESA] (d. c. "36o)

Eusebius (H.E. iii . 24) says that he, like See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, wrote only at the See also:

• SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur of See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity .

" For Matthew, after See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching to See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews, when about to go also to others, committed to See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing in his native See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue the Gospel that bears his name; and so by his writing supplied, for those whom he was leaving, the loss of his presence." The value of this tradition, which may be based on See also:

• PAPIAS

Papias, who certainly reported that " Matthew compiled the Oracles (of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord) in See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew," can be estimated only in connexion with the study of the Gospel itself (see below) . No See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical use can be made of the artificial See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, in Sanhedrin 43a, that Matthew was condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death by a Jewish See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court (see Laible, See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ in the See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud, 71 seq.) . According to the Gnostic Heracleon, quoted by See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria (Strom. iv . 9), Matthew died a natural death . The tradition as to his ascetic See also:

• DIET

diet (in Clem . Alex . Paedag. ii . 16) may be due to confusion with See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias (cf . Mart . Matthaei, i.) . The earliest See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend as to his later labours, one of Syrian origin, places them in the See also:

• PARTHIAN

Parthian See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, where it represents him as dying a natural death at See also:

• HIERAPOLIS

Hierapolis (= Mabog on the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates) . This agrees with his legend as known to See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose and See also:

• PAULINUS (d. 644)
• PAULINUS, GAIUS SUETONIUS (1st century A.D.)

Paulinus of See also:

• NOLA

Nola, and is the most probable in itself .

The legends which make him See also:

• WORK

work with See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew among the Anthropophagi near the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Sea, or again in See also:

• ETHIOPIA, or AETHIOPIA (Gr. AlOtoaia)

Ethiopia (See also:

• RUFINUS, TYRANNIUS

Rufinus, and See also:

• SOCRATES

Socrates, H.E. i . 19), are due to confusion with Matthias, who from the first was associated in his Acts with Andrew (see M . See also:

• BONNET
• BONNET, CHARLES (172o–1793)

Bonnet, Acta Apost. apocr., 1898, II. i . 6.i) . Another legend, his Martyrium, makes him labour and suffer in See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore . He is commemorated as a See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr by the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Chufch on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, and by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman on the 21St of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of his martyrdom being placed in Ethiopia . The Latin See also:

• BREVIARY (Lat. breviarium, abridgment, epitome)

Breviary also affirms that his See also:

• BODY

body was afterwards translated to See also:

• SALERNO (anc. Salernum)

Salerno, where it is said to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church built by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Guiscard . In Christian See also:

• ART

art (following See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome) the Evangelist Matthew is generally symbolized by the "See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man"in the imagery of Ezek. i. ro, Rev. iv . 7 . For the historical Matthew, see Ency . Bibl. and Zahn, Introd. to New Test., ii . 506 seq., 522 seq .

For his legends, as under MARK . (J . V .