Jesus Biographers - Flipbook - Page 4
Matthew
Lessons from his life
Jesus accepts people from every level of society.
When God gives a person new life, he often gives that person unique abilities and a new purpose.
Vital statistics
Where: Capernaum
Occupations: Tax collector, disciple
Relative: Father: Alphaeus.
Contemporaries: Jesus, Pilate, Herod Antipas, the other disciples
Key verse
“As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth.
‘Follow me and be my disciple,’ Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.”
(Matthew 9:9)
Matthew’s story is told in the Gospels, especially in Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32.
He is also mentioned in Acts 1:13.
Jesus’ Biographers: A look at the writers of the four Gospels.The inside story of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
