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Line 20: '''Matthew the Apostle''' ('''Saint Matthew'''){{Efn\|{{lang-hbo\|{{Script/Hebrew\|מַתִּתְיָהוּ}}\|Mattityahu}}, shortened to {{lang-hbo\|{{Script/Hebrew\|מַתִּי}}\|Matti\|label=none}} (whence {{lang-ar\|مَتَّى\|Mattā}}), meaning 'Gift of [[Tetragrammaton\|YHWH]]'; {{lang-arc\|{{Script/Strng\|ܡܰܬ݁ܰܝ}}\|Mattai}}; {{lang-grc-koi\|Μαθθαῖος\|Maththaîos}}, or {{lang-grc\|Ματθαῖος\|Matthaîos\|label=none}}; {{lang-cop\|ⲙⲁⲧⲑⲉⲟⲥ\|Mattheos}}; {{lang-la\|Matthaeus}}}} is named in the [[New Testament]] as one of the [[Twelve Apostles\|twelve apostles of Jesus]]. According to Christian traditions, he was also one of the [[four Evangelists]] as author of the [[Gospel of Matthew]], and thus is also known as '''Matthew the Evangelist'''. The claim of his gospel authorship is rejected by most biblical scholars, though the "traditional authorship still has its defenders."{{sfn\|Allison\|2010\|p=27}} The New Testament records that as a [[Disciple (Christianity)\|disciple]], he followed Jesus. [[Church Fathers]], such as [[Irenaeus]] and [[Clement of Alexandria]], claim that Matthew preached the gospel to the Jewish community in [[Judea]], before going to other countries. ==In the New Testament==

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