Download or read book The Gospel According to Saint Matthew With an Explanatory and Critical Commentary (Classic Reprint) written by Anthony John Maas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gospel According to Saint Matthew With an Explanatory and Critical Commentary What has been said forms a negative proof for the identity of Matthew and Levi, and as such must not be separated from the positive arguments: 1. It is wholly improbable that the bulk of Christian tradition Should go wrong on a point so closely connected with an important question of Scriptural exegesis and of Catholic devotion° now tradition generally identifies Matthew with Levi. 2. It Is highly improbable that, at the same time and under the same circumstances, Jesus should have called two publicans to his discipleship, that both Should have invited him to a feast in their house, and that one of them should have entirely disappeared from notice while the other holds a place among the twelve. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.