Matthew

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Matthew \Matthew\ prop. n.
     Saint Matthew, a disciple of Jesus; author of the first
     Gospel.
  
     Syn: Saint Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle,
          Levi.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Matthew
       n 1: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
            to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: {Saint
            Matthew}, {St. Matthew}, {Saint Matthew the Apostle}, {St.
            Matthew the Apostle}, {Levi}]
       2: one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon
          on the Mount [syn: {Gospel According to Matthew}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Matthew
     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.