Apostle Matthias






	The Apostle Matthias Matthias was the Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. Although there is no mention of a Matthias among the lists of disciples in the three synoptic Gospels, Luke says, in the Acts of the Apostles, that Peter proposed to the assembled disciples, who numbered one hundred and twenty, that they choose one of these to fill the place of Judas, following his betrayal of Christ and subsequent death. No further information about Matthias is to be found in the canonical New Testament but, according to Nicephorus, he first preached the Gospel in Judea, then in Ethiopia, where he was crucified. Alternately, another tradition holds that Matthias was stoned at Jerusalem by the Jews, then beheaded. There is mention among early Christian writers of a Gospel of Matthias, attributed to the Apostle Matthias, but no record of it has been found.

Matthias: Christ As Seen Through the Eyes of the Apostle Who Replaced Judas Iscariot (Hardcover), by Elsie J Larson
A novel. A dramatic account of the years of Christ’s ministry as seen through the eyes of Matthias, the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot. Filled with action, romance, and vivid depictions of the ancient world, “Matthias” is a moving tale of healing, love, and forgiveness. Matthias, his hand crippled by a childhood accident, reaches manhood embittered by the loss of the woman he loves to Neriah, the powerful Pharisee, who has gone from being his best friend to his remorseless enemy. After unwittingly saving Neriah’s life in a moonlit Jerusalem alley, Matthias is confronted with his past - his anger, his need for revenge at the injustices inflicted upon him by the man he once called his friend, and Elizabeth, the woman he once loved and lost. Later, he meets John the Baptist and senses a possible way of redeeming himself, only to then discover that his childhood friend Jesus is the Messiah. After forsaking a life that would have provided luxury, a wife, and a family, Matthias realizes that he has fallen in love with the beautiful, passionate, and independent Miriam. As if she were a boy, she has been educated by a rabbi kinsman. Her knowledge of the law and her keen mind hold an overwhelming attraction for Matthias, but her strong will and independent ways almost destroy him. Hardcover.