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Matthias

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Matthi´as (Matthew), one of the seventy disciples who was chosen by lot, in preference to Joseph Barsabas, into the number of the apostles, to supply the deficiency caused by the treachery and suicide of Judas (). Nothing is known of his subsequent career.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Matthias'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​m/matthias.html.
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