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. ”
Origenes sõnas: „Esimese kirjutas Matteus, seesama endine tölner, kuid hilisem Jeesus Kristuse apostel, kes avaldas selle usulepöördunud juutide jaoks, sest oli see ju koostatud heebrea keeles. ”