📖 The Book of Matthew
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Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of David, and the King of God's kingdom.
Who wrote Matthew?
Author
Matthew (traditional)
Written
c. AD 60
Genre
Gospel
Tax collector turned apostle. Modern scholarship dates it AD 70-90; traditional view places it earlier.
Why Matthew was written
Written primarily to Jewish readers, Matthew demonstrates that Jesus of Nazareth fulfils the OT promises and is the long-awaited Messiah — the king whose kingdom surpasses all others.
Outline of Matthew
- 11–4: Genealogy, birth, baptism, and temptation
- 25–7: The Sermon on the Mount
- 38–10: Ten miracles; the Twelve commissioned
- 411–13: Opposition and parables of the kingdom
- 514–20: Growing conflict; the transfiguration
- 621–25: The Passion Week; the Olivet Discourse
- 726–28: The Passion, death, and resurrection
Key verses
Matthew 1:23Matthew 5:17Matthew 16:16Matthew 28:18-20
How Matthew points to Christ
Matthew opens with 'the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham' — immediately announcing that Jesus is the fulfilment of both the Davidic covenant and the Abrahamic covenant.
How Matthew begins
1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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