1st century AD · disciple of Jesus around AD 28-30
Matthew Bible quiz
Start with these 3 free questions on Matthew. Tap an answer to check it: each one is explained with the verse it comes from. The full quiz (12 questions, up to the details most readers miss) is in Bible Academy.
Easy questions
1. What was Matthew’s job when Jesus called him?
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Answer: Tax collector. Luke sees “a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom.” Peter and Andrew, by contrast, were fishermen. Luke 5:27
2. What other name do Mark and Luke give Matthew?
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Answer: Levi. Mark writes “Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom”: it is the same scene as Matt 9:9, where the man is called Matthew. Mark 2:14
3. In whose house did Jesus sit at the table with many tax collectors after the call of the man at the tax booth?
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Answer: Levi’s. “Jesus sat at meat in his house”—Levi’s—and “many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples.” Mark 2:15