saint matthew

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Definition of saint matthew in English English dictionary

one of Jesus Christ's discipleS (=his close friends and followers) . According to Bible stories, he was a tax collector and wrote The Gospel according to St Matthew, which describes the life and teaching of Jesus. flourished 1st century AD, Palestine; Western feast day September 21, Eastern feast day November 16 One of the Twelve Apostles, traditional author of the first Gospel. According to the Gospels, he was a tax collector known as Levi when Jesus called him to be a disciple. Other information about him is scarce. The Gospel of Matthew is directed at a Jewish-Christian audience in a Jewish environment and may have been written originally in Hebrew, but it is now doubted that the apostle Matthew was its author. Tradition holds that Matthew conducted his ministry in Judaea, after which he served as a missionary to Ethiopia and Persia. Legend differs as to whether he died a martyr's death

Hyphenation

saint Mat·thew

Turkish pronunciation

seynt mäthyu

Pronunciation

/ˈsānt ˈmaᴛʜyo͞o/ /ˈseɪnt ˈmæθjuː/