Matthew the Apostle was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. According to many Christian traditions, he was also one of the four Evangelists as author of the Gospel of Matthew, and thus is also known
St. Matthew the Evangelist with a winged man, Lorsch Gospels (9th century)
Matthew in a painted miniature from a volume of Armenian Gospels dated 1609, held by the Bodleian Library
Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661) by Rembrandt
Evangelist Matthew, 14th century, Hilandar monastery, Athos, Greece
In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles, were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament. During the life and ministry of Jesus in the
Matthew the Apostle
…Matthew the Apostle was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. According to many Christian traditions, he was also one of the four Evangelists as author of the Gospel of Matthew, and thus is also known as Matthew…
The Last Supper, a late 1490s mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is a depiction of the last supper of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles on the eve of his crucifixion. Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.
The Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles. Russian, 14th century, Moscow Museum
Jesus and his Twelve Apostles, fresco with the Chi-Rho symbol ☧, Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome
Vocation of the Apostles, a fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1481–82