Matthew 9:9. From thence. According to all three accounts, immediately after the miracle just mentioned.

Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist ‘A publican named Levi' (Luke 5:27); ‘Levi the son of Alpheus' (Mark 2:14). Undoubtedly the same person; the accounts agree closely. The formal call seems peculiar to the Apostles, and Mark and Luke mention Matthew, not Levi, among the Twelve. The former was probably the apostolic name, the latter the ordinary one. Matthew himself mentions the former only. Although ‘the son of Alpheus,' he was not the brother of James, the son of Alpheus. See Matthew 10:3; Matthew 12:46.

Sitting at the place of toll, or ‘the toll-booth.' Like the four fishermen, at his regular employment, and probably previously acquainted with Jesus.

Follow me, in the specific sense, as in chap. Matthew 4:19. Matthew obeyed in this sense, ‘he left all, rose up, and followed him' (Luke 5:28); certainly not simply; walked after Jesus into His place of residence.

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