Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13; the father of Levi has the same name in Mark 2:14), on the grounds that the two Greek names (Κλωπᾶς, Ἀλφαῖος or, better, Ἀλφαῖος) are alternative Greek forms of the same Semitic name (Halphai).36 Even if this identity of the names were accepted, it would still be surprising for a particular individual to be known by two such different Greek forms of his name. But the identity of the names has always been doubtful on philological grounds.37 Moreover, the Semitic