Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 9:9

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9. THE CALL OF ST MATTHEW

Mar 2:14; Luk 5:27-28.

St Mark has ‘Levi, the son of Alphæus,’ St Luke ‘a publican named Levi.’ The identification of Matthew with Levi can scarcely be seriously disputed. The circumstances of the call are precisely similar as narrated by the Synoptists; and it was too usual for a Jew to have more than one name for this difference to be a difficulty. Probably the name Matthew, ‘Gift of Jehovah,’ was adopted by the Apostle when he became a follower of Jesus.

παράγων. ‘As he passed by,’ not passed forth, as A.V.

τὸ τελώνιον, the toll- or custom-house. For a longer notice of the call of St Matthew, see Introduction.