Tax collectors were hated in biblical times and were regarded as sinners. They were Jews who worked for the Romans, so this made them traitors. People resented paying taxes to the foreigners who ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

this set of disciplinary regulations from Matthew 18, is that when you kick them out, when you excommunicate them or disfellowship them, you say, "you now are a gentile and a tax collector." ...

Saint Matthew, the first-century tax collector turned apostle who chronicled the life and ministry of Christ in his Gospel, is celebrated by the Church today, September 21. Although relatively ...

Tax Notes reporters recap some of the most memorable stories they encountered in 2024, from “pig butchering” scams to a ...

The next disciple that Jesus called was Levi (Matthew). He was a tax collector who was sitting at his booth. Tax collectors were hated by the Jews. They were dishonest and were also seen as ...

Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts ... private museums is that they are nothing more than a tax-advantaged vanity project to preserve the collection and the collector’s name for posterity and ...