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A. V. Authorized Version.
Apoc. Apocalypse.
Cit. Cited.
= Equivalent to.
Expn. Explanation.
Lit. Literally.
Rey. . Revised Version of the New Testament.
Rey. O. T. Revised Version of the Old Testament.
Sept. Septuagint Version of the Old Testament.
Sqq. Following.
Synop. Synoptists.
Tex. Rec. Received Text.
Tynd. Tyndale’s Version of the New Testament.
Vulg. Vulgate or Latin Translation of the New Testament.
Wyc. Wycliffe’s Version of the New Testament.
The phrase “only here in New Testament” refers to Greek words only.
Concerntnc Matthew personally we know very little. He was a son of Alpheus, a brother of James the Little, possibly a brother of Thomas Didymus. The only facts which the gos- pels record about him are his call and his farewell feast. He had been a publican or tax-collector under the Roman govern- ment; an office despised by the Jews because of the extortions which commonly attended it, and because it was a galling token of subjection to a foreign power. When called by Christ, Matthew forsook at once his office and his old name of Levi. Tradition records of him that he lived the life of an ascetic, on herbs and water. There is a legend that after the dispersion of the apostles he travelled into Egypt and Ethiopia preaching the Gospel; that he was entertained in the capital of Ethiopia in the house of the eunuch whom Philip baptized, and that he overcame two magicians who had afflicted the people with diseases. It is further related that he raised the son of the king of Egypt from the dead, healed his daughter Iphigenia of leprosy, and placed her at the head of a community of virgins dedicated to the service of God; and that a heathen king, at- tempting to tear her from her asylum, was smitten with leprosy, and his palace destroyed by fire.
According to the Greek legend he died in peace ; but accord- ing to the tradition of the Western Church be suffered mar- tyrdom.
Mrs. Jameson (‘‘ Sacred and Legendary Art”) says: ‘“ Few churches are dedicated to St. Matthew. I am not aware that