Christians since the Sabbath law was under the Mosaic Law. Furthermore, according to Drane, the writer of Matthew “demonstrated the continuity between and the Old Testament in a very direct way, and so could be a useful handbook for dealing with questions raised by enquiring Jews, as well as helping Christians from a Jewish background to integrate their new faith with their heritage.” According to Strauss, the purpose for writing Matthew was two-fold. “It is to demonstrate that Jesus is the fulfillment of Jewish hopes for the Messiah and it is to call the church to greater faith and trust in their risen and ever-present Lord.”
Knowing who and what the Pharisees were is crucial to understanding the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees. …show more content…
In the larger context, the narrative is part of the narratives and discourses that deal with the people response to Jesus. In the text under review, we find the Pharisees response to Jesus is negative. They were trying to discredit him because he continued to gain …show more content…
It too is a narrative argument between Jesus and the Pharisees in reference to what is lawful on the Sabbath. However, in this instance, it is Jesus who was accused of breaking the law because he had healed a crippled man.
Form
Matthew 12:1-8, is an argumentative narrative in which there is a dialogue between Jesus and the Pharisees about the unlawfulness of Jesus’ disciples plucking grain on the Sabbath, The structure of the argument follow “the form for many ancient reports of arguments.” First, there is the action of the narrative (v.1) in which the Pharisees observe the disciples plucking grain on the Sabbath. Then there is an accusation made by the Pharisees that what they were doing was unlawful. Finally, there is Jesus’ defense to their accusation followed by his summation.
In the narrative Jesus asked two rhetorical questions to emphasis his argument. In addition, each point begins with the phrase “have you not read,” which helped to further emphasis Jesus argument.
The text can be divided as
Knowing who and what the Pharisees were is crucial to understanding the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees. …show more content…
In the larger context, the narrative is part of the narratives and discourses that deal with the people response to Jesus. In the text under review, we find the Pharisees response to Jesus is negative. They were trying to discredit him because he continued to gain …show more content…
It too is a narrative argument between Jesus and the Pharisees in reference to what is lawful on the Sabbath. However, in this instance, it is Jesus who was accused of breaking the law because he had healed a crippled man.
Form
Matthew 12:1-8, is an argumentative narrative in which there is a dialogue between Jesus and the Pharisees about the unlawfulness of Jesus’ disciples plucking grain on the Sabbath, The structure of the argument follow “the form for many ancient reports of arguments.” First, there is the action of the narrative (v.1) in which the Pharisees observe the disciples plucking grain on the Sabbath. Then there is an accusation made by the Pharisees that what they were doing was unlawful. Finally, there is Jesus’ defense to their accusation followed by his summation.
In the narrative Jesus asked two rhetorical questions to emphasis his argument. In addition, each point begins with the phrase “have you not read,” which helped to further emphasis Jesus argument.
The text can be divided as