It tells how israels messiah, rejected and executed in israel, pronounces judgement on israel and its leaders and becomes the salvation of the gentiles. The gospel of matthew occupies first place in all extant witnesses to the text of the four gospels and in all early lists of the canonical books of the new testament r. Study the bible online using commentary on matthew and more. At the same time, matthew, like most people of his time, believed that there are powerful forces in heaven that communicate the will of god to humanity. The word gospel means good news, and the good news is about jesus. Read matthew commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. For the exposition of this portion, the women mark the sacred spot that they might recognize it on coming thither to anoint the body matthew 27. Introduction to the book of matthew bible commentary theology. Read and study matthew, including book summary, with the versebyverse bible commentary.
Matthew, the tax collectorturnedapostle, recounts jesus actions and teachings to show us how god intends. In reading matthews gospel, the authorial audience expects to find legitimation for its identity and way of life, its past and future in relation to jesus matthew is. Matthew, tyndale new testament commentary, page 11. The first book of the english bible that most of us read from is the gospel of matthew. The gospel reflects the struggles and conflicts between the evangelists community and the other jews, particularly with its sharp. Douglas hare shows that the purpose of matthew s writing is to convince christians that a genuine faith in christ must be demonstrated in daily obedience and that faith and ethics are two sides of the same coin. Chapter 2 matthew chapter 1 matthew chapter 1 the genealogy of jesus thebookofthegenerationofjesuschrist,thesonofdavid, thesonofabraham.
The gospel according to matthew is the first book of the new testament and one of the three. This summary of the gospel of matthew provides information about the title, author s, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the gospel of matthew. Unlike mark, matthew never bothers to explain jewish customs, since his intended audience was a jewish one. A bible commentary for teaching and preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the bible in the church. While the book possesses the same skeleton as the other gospels mark, luke, and john, it offers its own unique view of jesus. Matthews gospel free bible commentary in easy english. The gospel of matthew is actually called the gospel according to matthew. Matthew is the first of the four gospel writings, yet there is only one gospel about jesus christ and there are four different writers. A free bible version and commentary on matthews gospel in easyenglish. This is matthew s chance to give his unique perspective to the tale of jesus life, death, and resurrection. There is only one good news of the great work that god had accomplished by his son, the lord jesus christ, but in his wisdom it needed four different men to make this news of salvation known to the world in written form.
However, most new testament scholars agree that the gospel of matthew was not written by one of jesus disciples, although it is quite possible that matthew the apostle may have had something to do with one or more of the sources that were used. The taking down from the cross and the burial matthew 27. The heading of the first book of the new testament is in most manuscripts gospel according to matthew. Although the gospel of matthew was not the first gospel written, it is generally regarded as the most. Matthew with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. We mean, come onmary doesnt even have to do the deed to conceive jesus. David guzik commentary on matthew 1, which records the history of the birth and genealogy of jesus christ, presenting him as messiah. Matthew, the tax collector turnedapostle, recounts jesus actions and teachings to show us how god intends. For matthew, god, the heavenly father, is ultimately in charge and whatever is going to happen will happen according to his will.
The gospel of matthew cliffsnotes study guides book. The gospel according to matthew is the first book of the new testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. The gospel of matthew is pretty tame when it comes to sex. In mark, the name of this taxgatherer is levi, but in the gospel of matthew, he is called matthew.