Levi (son of Alphaeus)
레위 (알패오의 아들)
Named at Mark 2:14 as the son of Alphaeus: Jesus, passing by, sees him sitting at the tax office and says to him, “Follow me,” and he arises and follows him. He shares a name with the Levi of Genesis and is not the same person. Luke 5:27–29 has Jesus see a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office and say to him, “Follow me!”; Levi leaves everything, rises up and follows him, and makes a great feast for Jesus in his house; these verses do not name Levi’s father, and this collection takes him to be the Levi of Mark 2:14.
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- LUK 5:27–32, engwebp
27After these things he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”
28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
29Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
31Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- MRK 2:13–17, engwebp
13He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
14As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.
15He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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Unresolved interpretation: Levi of Mark 2:14 and Matthew
- Mark 2:14 says that Jesus saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office and said to him, “Follow me,” and he arose and followed him. Mark 3:18 names Matthew among the twelve but does not say whether he is Levi.
Source evidence (2)
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- MRK 2:13–17, engwebp
13He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
14As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.
15He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
16The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
17When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
- MRK 3:13–19, engwebp
13He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
14He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach
15and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
16Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
17James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);
18Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
19and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.
- MRK 2:13–17, engwebp
- Matthew 9:9 says that Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office and said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him; 10:3 names Matthew the tax collector among the twelve apostles.
Source evidence (2)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- MAT 9:9–13, engwebp
9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
10As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
13But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
- MAT 10:1–4, engwebp
1He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
3Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;
4Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- MAT 9:9–13, engwebp
The two Gospels give different names to the man called from the tax office. This collection records Levi the son of Alphaeus and Matthew separately and does not decide whether they are the same man.
All 3 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Alphaeus (father of Levi) — Father of — Levi (son of Alphaeus)
Evidence: Mark 2:13–17
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Took part in (2) — Levi is called; eating with tax collectors and sinners, Levi the tax collector is called; at his feast, “I have come to call sinners to repentance”
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As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.
After these things he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”
Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Levi (son of Alphaeus) (person-levi-alphaeus) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/levi-alphaeus Current wording: Named at Mark 2:14 as the son of Alphaeus: Jesus, passing by, sees him sitting at the tax office and says to him, “Follow me,” and he arises and follows him. He shares a name with the Levi of Genesis and is not the same person. Luke 5:27–29 has Jesus see a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office and say to him, “Follow me!”; Levi leaves everything, rises up and follows him, and makes a great feast for Jesus in his house; these verses do not name Levi’s father, and this collection takes him to be the Levi of Mark 2:14. Cited evidence: LUK 5:27–32, engwebp / MRK 2:13–17, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.