In the last issue I suggested that the last three sentences of Matthew’s Gospel combine affirmation, imperative and promise. I shared with you the affirmation that is there. The affirmation was that Jesus proclaimed that He had been granted “all … Continue reading
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In this article I have been looking at the context in which Matthew’s Gospel was composed. His intensified invective against Jews flows from conflicts between his community of Christian Jews and other Jews in his setting. This realization does not … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article I shared an impression about Matthew’s gospel. Although the most Jewish in nature, it conveys a heightened hostility toward Jews. This calls for further comment. The conflict between the early Christians and the … Continue reading
We have been considering the Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book presented in the New Testament (NT) but definitely not the first book to be written by the early Church. I shared with you the fact that Matthew’s Gospel … Continue reading
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus restricts His mission during His lifetime to Jews. When He gives His disciples mission instructions, He tells them: Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost … Continue reading
In the last issue of this article, the Gospel of Matthew has a particular fivefold structure to its narrative that is similar to the five books of the Torah, the Pentateuch. The theme expressed in this structure also shows up … Continue reading
In the last issue of the article, I began sharing information about the Gospel of Matthew which is typically placed first in the sequence of Gospels even though it is not the first one to have been written. As I … Continue reading
We continue to look at the books of the New Testament (NT) in the chronological order in which they were written. The next book we must consider is the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was written a decade or two after … Continue reading