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| Matthew, surnamed Levi.
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Chapter III.
Matthew,2349
also called Levi, apostle and
aforetimes publican, composed a gospel of Christ at first published in
Judea in Hebrew2350
| 2350 Gospel…in Hebrew. Jerome
seems to regard the Gospel according to the Hebrews mentioned by him
above as the original Hebrew Text of Matthew. cf. Lightfoot,
Ignatius v. 2. p. 295. | for the sake of
those of the circumcision who believed, but this was afterwards
translated into Greek though by what author is uncertain. The Hebrew
itself has been preserved until the present day in the library at
Cæsarea which Pamphilus so diligently gathered. I have also had
the opportunity of having the volume described to me by the Nazarenes2351
| 2351 Nazarenes=Nasaraei. See Smith and Wace
s.v. | of Berœa,2352
| 2352 Berœa some mss. read Veria and so Herding. The modern
Aleppo. | a city of Syria, who use it. In this it
is to be noted that wherever the Evangelist, whether on his own account
or in the person of our Lord the Saviour quotes the testimony of the
Old Testament he does not follow the authority of the translators of
the Septuagint but the Hebrew. Wherefore these two forms exist
“Out of Egypt have I called my son,” and “for he
shall be called a Nazarene.”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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