The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew

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The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew - Author Unknown
  • Release Date: 2012-06-19
  • Genre: Bibles

Description

Saint Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, who from being a publican, that is, a taxgatherer, was called by our Saviour to the Apostleship: in that profession his name is Levi. He was the first of the Evangelists that wrote the Gospel, and that in Hebrew or Syro-Chaldaic which the Jews in Palestine spoke at that time. The original is not now extant; but it was translated in the time of the Apostles into Greek, that version was of equal authority. He wrote about six years after the Lord's Ascension.