27, vi.
15; _Acts_ i.13.Gospel of the Ebionites, in Epiph., _Adv.

Haer._, xxx.13.We must suppose, however strange it may seem, that these two names were borne by the same personage.

The narrative, Matt.ix.

9, conceived in accordance with the ordinary model of legends, describing the call to apostleship, is, it is true, somewhat vague, and has certainly not been written by the apostle in question.

But we must remember that, in the existing Gospel of Matthew, the only part which is by the apostle consists of the Discourses of Jesus.