apostle Matthew
My apostle was Matthew. Matthew means “gift of the Lord”. ... One story that paints Matthews essence is the meeting of Matthew and Jesus. When Matthew is sitting at his booth one day, Jesus comes to him and says, ‘Come follow me”. Without a second thought, Matthew got up and followed Jesus. ... It was concluded from later text that Matthew was very wealthy. ... ” I think this story shows the great character that Matthew was made of. ... Matthew’s contribution to both the Biblical world and present time is that he wrote the first gospel by giving a detailed account of the ancestors of Jesus, the details about his birth through the Virgin Mary, and about the beginning of his public ministry.