Origen wrote: “The first is written according to Matthew, the same that was once a publican, but afterwards an apostle of Jesus Christ, who having published it for the Jewish converts, wrote it in the Hebrew. ”
ذكر اوريجانس قائلا :‏ « كُتب اول انجيل بقلم متى ،‏ ذاك الذي كان جابي ضرائب ثم اضحى رسولا ليسوع المسيح .‏