Matthew the tax official: Difference between revisions

'''Matthew''' was a [[tax]] official from [[Galilee]] who had been one of [[Jesus]]' original disciples. He, along with [[Luke the physician]] and [[Mark of Jerusalem]] wrote an account of the life of Christ. These accounts differed somewhat, because of a phenomenon the [[First Doctor]] called "[[chinese whispers]]". ([[PDA]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'')

''[[Byzantium!]]'' doesn't give its readers much in the way of identification for this individual. He's never described as "Saint Matthew", because, of course, the setting for this book is before the ''practical'' founding of the [[Catholic Church]]. He is therefore only given a descriptive name of "a Galilean tax official known as Matthew".