Synoptic Gospel of Matthew
The Gospel of Matthew is the first book in the New Testament canon. There are more than 60 quotes of the Old Testament in the Gospel of Matthew, it contains 50% more content than Mark even though it used 80% of Mark’s content. It is believed that Matthew the disciple was also known as Levi, a tax collector. Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus is to establish his royal messianic bloodline, that Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism, and to show Jesus as the Teacher.
The first verse in Matthew is, “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1, NKJV). Matthew then proceeds to list all of the genealogy, fourteen generations from Abraham to Jesus Christ. It is important to establish Jesus’ bloodline through the Old Testament and to authenticate His …show more content…
The Sermon on the Mount was a moral teaching opportunity that Jesus provided His disciples, the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer are very important and well-known teachings from the Sermon on the Mount. He was also sought out by non-believers for His lessons as seen with the Sadducees,
“The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother” (Matthew 22:23-24, NKJV).
The Gospel of Matthew shows us a lot of Jesus’ life and provides a wonderful “portrait” of Jesus. He was a Jewish man whose lineage traced to King David and Abraham, a truly royal heritage. Matthew utilizes numerous Old Testament scripture to demonstrate that Jesus is the Messiah of the Old Testament and Christianity is the evolution of Judaism. Lastly, as stated in Discovering the Bible, “Jesus speaks as the supreme Teacher whose word has greater authority than the Law of Moses” (Varughese et.al., 2006, p.
The Gospel of Matthew is the first book in the New Testament canon. There are more than 60 quotes of the Old Testament in the Gospel of Matthew, it contains 50% more content than Mark even though it used 80% of Mark’s content. It is believed that Matthew the disciple was also known as Levi, a tax collector. Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus is to establish his royal messianic bloodline, that Christianity is the fulfillment of Judaism, and to show Jesus as the Teacher.
The first verse in Matthew is, “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1, NKJV). Matthew then proceeds to list all of the genealogy, fourteen generations from Abraham to Jesus Christ. It is important to establish Jesus’ bloodline through the Old Testament and to authenticate His …show more content…
The Sermon on the Mount was a moral teaching opportunity that Jesus provided His disciples, the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer are very important and well-known teachings from the Sermon on the Mount. He was also sought out by non-believers for His lessons as seen with the Sadducees,
“The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, saying: “Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother” (Matthew 22:23-24, NKJV).
The Gospel of Matthew shows us a lot of Jesus’ life and provides a wonderful “portrait” of Jesus. He was a Jewish man whose lineage traced to King David and Abraham, a truly royal heritage. Matthew utilizes numerous Old Testament scripture to demonstrate that Jesus is the Messiah of the Old Testament and Christianity is the evolution of Judaism. Lastly, as stated in Discovering the Bible, “Jesus speaks as the supreme Teacher whose word has greater authority than the Law of Moses” (Varughese et.al., 2006, p.