Matthew the Apostle

===Notes===
{{notelist|notes=

{{efn|name=Eusebius|Eusebius, "History of the Church" 3.39.14–17, c.&nbsp;325 CE, Greek text 16: "ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἱστόρηται τῷ Παπίᾳ περὶ τοῦ Μάρκου· περὶ δὲ τοῦ Ματθαῖου ταῦτ' εἴρηται· Ματθαῖος μὲν οὖν Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ τὰ λόγια συνετάξατο, ἡρμήνευσεν δ' αὐτὰ ὡς ἧν δυνατὸς ἕκαστος. Various English translations published, standard reference translation by [[Philip Schaff]] at [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.viii.xxxix.html CCEL]: "[C]oncerning Matthew he [Papias] writes as follows: 'So then(963) Matthew wrote the oracles in the Hebrew language, and every one interpreted them as he was able.'(964)" Online version includes footnotes 963 and 964 by Schaff.<br>[[Irenaeus|Irenaeus of Lyons]] (died c. 202 CE) makes a similar comment, possibly also drawing on Papias, in his ''Against Heresies'', [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.ix.iv.ii.html Book III, Chapter 1], ''"Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect"''}}

}}