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Matthew in a painted miniature from a volume of Armenian Gospels dated 1609, held by the Bodleian Library. Matthew is mentioned in Matthew 9:9 [5] and Matthew 10:3 [6] as a tax collector (in the New International Version and other translations of the Bible) who, while sitting at the "receipt of custom" in Capernaum, was called to follow Jesus. [7]
For Mary the wife of Alphæus was the sister of Mary the mother of the Lord; John the Evangelist calls her Mary the wife of Cleophas, probably because Cleophas and Alphæus were the same person. Or Mary herself on the death of Alphæus after the birth of James married Cleophas." [4]
The Calling of St. Matthew, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1502. Calling of St. Matthew by Alexandre Bida, 1875.. The Calling of Matthew is an episode in the life of Jesus which appears in all three synoptic gospels, Matthew 9:9–13, Mark 2:13–17 and Luke 5:27–28, and relates the initial encounter between Jesus and Matthew, the tax collector who became a disciple.
From a theological point of view, the rejection of the Matthew and the Angel as barefoot, dirty, and with coarse features can be explained by the apparent vulgarity of the character; but the very faithful depiction of the same Matthew as a tax collector in the Calling is potentially just as shocking since this literal accuracy is not in keeping ...
The Calling of Saint Matthew is an oil painting by Caravaggio that depicts the moment Jesus Christ calls on the tax collector Matthew to follow him.It was completed in 1599–1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of the French congregation, San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, where it remains.
Following Matthew Perry's untimely death on Saturday, Oct. 28, multiple outlets reported the Friends actor, 54, died of an apparent drowning, as he was reportedly found in a hot tub.
The late Matthew Perry will always be remembered by the Friends cast. “We are all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. We were more than just cast mates. We are a family,” the show ...
Matthew is never referred directly to as being the Son of Alphaeus in the Gospel of Matthew or any other book in the Bible, [26] but as Levi, Son of Alphaeus (Mark 2, Mark 2:14). In Mark, he is regarded as a tax collector (Matthew 9:9). In the Gospel of Matthew the tax collector (Matthew) called to follow Jesus is listed as one of the twelve ...