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Matthaeus (apostolus)
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Matthaeus (Hebraice: מתתיהו, Matitjahu = "donum JHVHs", Graece: Ματθαῖος), fuit discipulus Iesu Christi, qui eum inter duodecim apostolos vocavit. Traditio Christiana eum etiam scriptorem Evangelii secundum Matthaeum esse vult, quod autem a multis exegeseos biblicae auctoribus abnuitur, imprimis Hypothesi duorum fontium, quae dicitur, innixis.
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