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The Gospel According to Matthew

Purpose: To prove that Jesus is the Messiah, the eternal King.

Author: Matthew (Levi)

To Whom Written: Matthew wrote especially to the Jewish people.

Date Written: Approximately A.D. 60-65

Setting: Matthew was a Jewish tax collector who became one of Jesus' disciples. This Gospel forms the connecting link between the Old and New Testaments because of its emphasis on the fulfillment of prophecy .

Key Verse: 5:17 -  ? 17? ?v?“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.[1]

Key People: Jesus, Mary, Joseph, John the Baptist, the disciples, the religious leaders of the day, Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate, Mary Magdalene

Key Places: Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Capernum, Galilee, Judea




Introductory Notes to Matthew





 


I. The Relationship to the Other Gospels

A.     Matthew is primarily Jewish and presents Christ as the King (1:1: “the Son of David”).

B.     Mark is primarily Roman and presents Christ as the Servant.

C.     Luke is primarily for the Greeks and presents Christ as the perfect Son of Man.

D.     John is universal in appeal and presents Christ as the eternal Son of God.

 

II.     The Jewish Character of Matthew’s Gospel

A.     It was written by a Jewish tax collector named Levi (Matt. 9:9–13; Luke 5:27–32; Mark 2:13–17).

B.     Because of its position, it is the bridge between the OT and the NT.

C.     It abounds in OT quotations and references.

According to W. Graham Scroggie’s Guide to the Gospels there are 53 quotations from the OT and 76 references to OT passages, a total of 129 references or allusions. Matthew refers to 25 of the 39 OT books. The word “fulfilled” is used at least 12 times (see 1:22; 2:15, 17, 23, etc.).

D.     Christ is spoken of often as the Son of David (1:1; 9:27; 12:23, etc.)

E.     It is filled with references to “the kingdom heaven,” basically a Jewish concept, and can rightly be termed “The Kingdom Gospel.”

F.     The Jewish character of Matthew’s Gospel is found in the material unique to it.

This includes Christ’s genealogy to Abraham (1:1–17); the information about Joseph (1:18–25); the mission of the disciples to the lost sheep of the Children of Israel (chap. 10); Christ’s denunciation of the Pharisees (chap. 23); and several parables in chapters 20–22 and 25.

 

III.     The Basic Theme of Matthew

A.     Matthew is not chronological, as are Mark and Luke.

Matthew has selected material from Christ’s life and arranged it to convey one specific truth: Christ is the King of the Jews, rejected by His people, crucified for the whole world, and now alive in heaven.

B.     In chapters 1–10, Christ reveals Himself as the long-awaited King of the Jews.

He was born as predicted, announced by the messenger God promised, and proved His messiahship by doing the very works the prophets said He would do. In chapters 11–13, the Jewish leaders rebel against Him and claim Christ’s works are of the devil. They insisted on their man-made traditions and religious customs instead of His principles. Though He did many mighty works, the nation rejected Him; and the result was that Jesus turned to the Gentiles (“Come unto Me all you that labor,” 11:28, italics mine) and gave the parables of the kingdom (chap. 13). He described in these parables what the kingdom would be like on earth during this present age.

C.     In chapters 14–20 Christ retires with His disciples to prepare them for the events of the Cross.

Of course, He is still carrying on a public ministry, but during this time He is specifically teaching the disciples new truths concerning His death and resurrection. Here we have Peter’s great confession of faith, the first prediction of Christ’s death, and the first mention of the church.

D.     In 21–27, the King is openly rejected.

What began as rebellion now becomes open hostility and leads to His crucifixion. During this time He is in open conflict with the religious leaders. He teaches His disciples what the future will be like (chaps. 26–27) and willingly dies on the cross as “the King of the Jews” (27:29).

E.             The final chapter gives His resurrection and ascension as a King with all authority over all things.

 

IV.     The Kingdom of Heaven

A.     The kingdom of heaven refers to the rule of God on the earth.

It takes different forms at different times. In the beginning, God ruled on earth through Adam, whom He appointed to have dominion. During the days of Israel, He ruled through judges and kings. When Israel went into captivity, God even ruled through Gentile monarchs (Dan. 2:37). Christ offered Himself to the Jews when He came (see Matt. 4:17), but they did not receive Him. “He came unto His own [world], and His own [people] received Him not” (John 1:11). The Jews rejected the kingdom when they rejected the King.

In Matt. 13, He described the kingdom of heaven in this age. It is a mixture of good and bad, true and false. At the end of the age, the good will be separated from the evil, and the kingdom will be established on the earth in purity and righteousness. The church is in the kingdom of heaven, but it is not the kingdom of heaven. To apply Matt. 13 to the church is to create confusion. Perhaps the best equivalent for “the kingdom of heaven” in today’s vocabulary is the word “Christendom,” the “professed church” as seen in the world, a mixture of the true and the false.

[2]
v Rom. 10:4


[1]The New King James Version. 1982 (Mt 5:17). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.


[2]Wiersbe, W. W. (1997, c1992). Wiersbe's expository outlines on the New Testament (12). Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books.

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