What may lie behind the social tensions reflected in Matthew's gospel may be the massive population shift that resulted after the first revolt. When most of the Jewish population moved to the ...

If you dig a little deeper, throughout the Old Testament and New Testament, wisdom literature is filled with concise ...

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From the context of Matthew’s calling as one of the Twelve Disciples (Matthew 9:9), it is not surprising that most scholars identify him as Levi from Mark 2:14 and Luke 5:27. The setting, occupation, ...

First, the mission of Jesus. He is the Messiah whose coming was anticipated and prophesized throughout the Hebrew Bible, also ...

The first place we discover Jesus encountering need in the Gospel of Matthew is in Matthew 4:2, where Jesus had been fasting ...

The Sunday lectionary reading for the Third Sunday before Lent in Year C is Luke 6.17–26, this gospel's version of the ...

When was Jesus born? When did he die? What was his socioeconomic class? How did he fit in the religious, political and ...

In Matthew's gospel, Jesus delivers five major speeches, which parallel the five great books of Moses known as the Pentateuch. The first and most important of Jesus' speeches is the Sermon on the ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Matthew went beyond the simple Jewish background of Paul's description of the woman who gave Jesus life. He also surpassed the abrupt and even disconcerting ...