The Gospel of Matthew was possibly written in Antioch, an early home of Christianity. Indeed, the Acts of the Apostles Matthew's Gospel is directed to an audience steeped in Hebrew tradition. The Gospel of Matthew stressed that Jesus is the Christ 1: For example, Jesus fulfills the prophecies of Isaiah 7: He was named "Jesus because he will save his people from their sins" Matthew 1: Yeshua , his very name in Hebrew, means "the Lord Saves.
Jesus calls himself the Son of Man thirty times, fulfilling the destiny of the Messianic figure in Daniel 7: He is called the Son of David nine times in the Gospel of Matthew. Just as the twelve sons of Jacob were the origin of the twelve tribes of Israel, Jesus as the Christ chose Twelve Apostles to inaugurate the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew names five women in the Genealogy: The genealogy regularly notes the male who fathers a child, but Matthew delivers an exact statement when he reaches Joseph, "the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born" 1: Matthew records five major speeches of Christ Jesus: The 'keys to the kingdom of heaven' in The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the Synoptic Gospels, as they follow a similar pattern in describing the Life of Jesus and his teachings.
Characteristic of all three are the Parables of Jesus. Matthew relates ten Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven, seven of which occur in Chapter 13 and are central to his Gospel. There are elements to Matthew's Gospel that are unique to it alone. Matthew includes the complete Sermon on the Mount in Chapters 5 through 7; and Matthew's description of his becoming an Apostle in Chapter 9: Matthew is the only one of the Gospel writers to refer to the Church in his reference to establishing Church authority with Peter.
The Last Judgement in Matthew And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. It is not known whether Matthew's writings were in Hebrew or Aramaic, for while Hebrew was the formal language of Israel, daily language was in Aramaic, as with Jesus and the Apostles. Catherine's Monastery on Mt.
Was Matthew or Mark written first?
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH
There must be a reason for St. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa, 8 and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit; 19 and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son. Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; 40 and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well; 41 and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Do not even the tax collectors do the same? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; 23 but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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You cannot serve God and mammon. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Are you not of more value than they? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? Have you come here to torment us before the time? Among Jesus' disciples another arrangement is valid, where the great is the servant and the first is the slave of all Mk This is demonstrated by the Son of man who came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many Mk Although Jesus is a human being, his coming changes the tonality of being human.
It would have been better for that one not to have been born. The phrase indicates his vulnerability, but he uses it in an ironic sense to demonstrate how his vulnerability leads to his vindication, as the suffering of the elect in Daniel 7 changes in meaning to become their justification, vindication and elevation.
Moments before his arrest, Jesus wakes his disciples with the news that the hour has come when the Son of man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners Mk Jesus' use of the term, 'Son of man' in this context suggests that he contrasts himself to 'the sinners'. The eschatological group of Son of man sayings forms the last group Mk 8: A second reference is found in Mark Here it is interpreted essentially as a salvific action, while Mark The question is the following: Of what are these verses metaphors? Are it of the Parousia as a day of judgement led by the Son of man, or as the theophany of the Son of man in which salvation for the elect is realised Verheyden The combination of the two passages from Isaiah and the agreements with Joel 2: The coming of the Son of man is mentioned without any recourse to the description of a judgement, although it is expressed in terms of cosmic signs.
The appearances of YHWH in the Hebrew Bible are located on earth, often on a mountain, and accompanied by a relatively natural event, usually a storm cf. In Mark 13 the Parousia is expressed in universalistic terms, which is particularly appropriate in the context of an apocalyptic discourse describing the theophany of the Son of man as an eschatological event Verheyden The entire universe will collapse Mk It is the framework for the one thing that is important, which is the coming of the Son of man Mk Then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory Mk He will then send out the angels to gather the elect from the whole earth Mk The idea is created that the end that is ushered in with the coming of the Son of man will be an earth-shattering event Witherington In the recent past Du Toit In the context of Mark 13 it is made clear, however, that it refers to Jesus.
The significance of the second coming of the Son of man is underlined by the hyperbolic use of language. Jesus takes up the theme in By coming in the clouds, the Son of man is the One who belongs to the heavenly sphere Beasley-Murray The clouds will at the same time conceal and reveal his glory Moloney The Son of man will descend from the heavenly regions symbolised by the clouds Mt According to the Gospel of John 3: He will send his angels to collect the elect from the whole earth, with the four winds taken as the four points of the compass.
It is important to notice that this intervention is conceived by the evangelist as oriented to the salvation of the faithful rather than the judgement of sinners Collins That God's people are scattered is affirmed by Zechariah 2: The phrase, 'from the end of the earth to the end of heaven', combines elements in a rather illogical blending Schweizer In Jewish thought around the turn of the eras, heaven and earth were considered separate realms and communication across their unseen boundaries was not expected as possible.
Long ago the qol YHWH had spoken directly to the prophets on earth, but now the way between heaven and earth is blocked and the prophet yearns that God would rend heavens and come down Is Mark 13 offers neither an expectation of a universal resurrection, nor judgement of all people, both good and evil In contrast to Jewish apocalypses, this passage contains no description of the punishment or annihilation of enemies contra 2 Th 1: Great importance is rather placed upon the fulfilment of promises found in the Hebrew Bible, which are quoted almost word for word Schweizer However, it is clear from Mark's use of Bible texts that he views the text not as a self-contained entity but a dynamic and open whole Van der Merwe This passage contains no reference to God's military action against foreign rulers as he acts in deliverance of his elect, as is the case in the Hebrew Scriptures' description of the day of YHWH cf.
Mark's prophecy focuses solely on the gathering of the elect, with no allusion to judgement against Rome Liew The gathering of the elect represents the fulfilment of the hope of reunion of Israel's scattered tribes referred to in passages such as Isaiah With his coming on the clouds, it is also not the Son of man who gathers the elect, but the angels that he sends out. In terms of the Hebrew Scriptures, the elect can be understood to be the dispersed in the restoration diaspora of Israel, a standard prophetic image cf.
A last saying is found in Mark The quotation is from Daniel 7 and Psalm As in Daniel 7, the Son of man comes with the clouds of heaven, and as in Psalm , the Son of man sits at the right hand of God. The images of the Son of man condemned to death and the Son of man coming with the clouds of heaven is contrasted to one another and serves to illustrate Jesus' vulnerability and elevatedness.
By way of conclusion, the connection between Ezekiel's 'son of man', Daniel's usage of the term, 'one like a son of man', and Mark's 'Son of man' should be recognised while the use of the phrase in 1 Enoch and 4 Ezra may be ignored. Mark utilises the term in a non-titular way to refer to the 'Son of man' in three ways, namely to Jesus' earthly activity, to his passion, and to his second coming.
The first group of texts applies the title to Jesus when he claims to forgive sins and exercise authority over the Sabbath; the second group refers to Jesus' suffering, death, and resurrection; and the eschatological group refers to the end of time to judge.
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Jesus purposefully contrasts his seeming humanity with what cannot be perceived by others except when his authority to heal and apply Sabbath regulations, are kept in mind. And his suffering that underlines his humanity and vulnerability stands in contrast to his vindication through the resurrection. In an allusion to Daniel 7: Mark and Daniel share the same context, that is of suffering and vindication, allowing the modern reader to link the Markan 'Son of man' with the Danielic 'one like a son of man'.
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Jesus applies the term to himself as a representative of humankind in general. It is also a mode of idiolectical self-reference as used in the three announcements of Jesus' suffering and death. And the Son of man also appears as more of an accuser than a judge, with angels in attendance. Compared with the figure in Daniel 7, the Son of man in Mark is depicted as an eschatological judge or deliverer. The author declares that he has no financial or personal relationships which may have inappropriately influenced him in writing this article.
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