5.MATTHEW SURNAMED  LEVI
MATTHEW THE APOSTLE, WHOM SOME CRITICS DISAGREE, IS ATTRIBUTED AS THE AUTHOR OF THE FIRST OF THE FOUR GOSPELS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS LEVI, AND WAS A TAX COLLECTOR BY TRADE. AT THAT TIME, TAX COLLECTORS FOR ROME WERE BITTERLY DESPISED BY THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND LABELED AS TRAITORS. JESUS MET MATTHEW AT A TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE AND WITHOUT HESITATION, MATTHEW FOLLOWED JESUS WHEN THE LORD ASKED HIM. MATTHEW WAS NOTED AS THE SON OF ALPHAEUS IN MARK 2:14, JUST AS JAMES THE NINTH APOSTLE WAS IN MATT 10;3 AND MARK 3;18 AS WELL AS LUKE 6;15. MATTHEW AND JAMES MAY HAVE BEEN BROTHERS AS WELL, OR THE SON OF ALPHAEUS MAYBE A METAPHOR OR CONTAINS  A SYMBOLIC MEANING. ANOTHER EXPLANATION IS THAT IS WAS CUSTOMARY OF THE JEWS TO USE TWO NAMES AS MATTHEW WAS ALSO KNOW AS LEVI. THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW IS THE ONLY ONE TO MENTION THE WORD CHURCH. THE
DEATH OR FINAL DAYS OF MATTHEW IS
  KJV  Matt 9:9  a man, named Matthew, sitting at the
9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
  KJV  Matt 10:3  Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
  KJV  Mark 3:18  and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
  KJV  Luke 6:15  Matthew and Thomas, James
13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
  KJV  Acts 1:13  Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son

 Levi
  KJV  Mark 2:14  by, he saw Levi the son of
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
  KJV  Luke 5:27  a publican, named Levi, sitting at the
  KJV  Luke 5:29  And Levi made him a
27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
  KJV  Heb 7:5  the sons of Levi, who receive the
  KJV  Heb 7:9  may so say, Levi also, who receiveth
  KJV  Rev 7:7  the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve

Book Of Acts

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT LEVI WAS THE THIRD SON OF JACOB. JACOB WAS GIVEN THE NAME ISRAEL BY GOD AROUND 2,000 B.C.

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