Matthew writes his Gospel
Matthew, the tax collector who became an apostle, wrote especially for Jewish readers, showing Jesus as the Messiah and Son of David who fulfilled the Law and the Prophets, and gathering his teaching into five great discourses.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew 1:1 (World English Bible)
Matthew quotes the Old Testament more than any other Gospel, often with the formula “that it might be fulfilled.” Early church writers unanimously named Matthew as its author, and Papias said he first gathered the Lord's sayings in the Hebrew language.
Dating notes
Suggested dates range from the 50s to the 80s AD; conservative scholars usually place it before the destruction of the temple in AD 70. The date is an estimate; Scripture doesn't say when the book was written.