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'''''Authentic Matthew''''' is a name given, according to ]'s ''Commentary on Matthew'' ch. 2 , to a ] identical to the ]: "In the Gospel which the Nazarenes and the Ebionites use which we have recently translated from Hebrew to Greek, and which most people call the Authentic Gospel of Matthew...". It was called ''Authentic Matthew'' because a tradition, reported by Jerome, asserted that it was actually written by the apostle ]. ''Authentic Matthew'' is a lost gospel that has been at least partially preserved in the works of some of the ].