JESUS AS MOSES The way Matthew then tells the story of Jesus draws on a lot of ... from the killing of the babies, in the birth narrative, to the Sermon on the Mount, to even to the way that ...

Matthew’s infancy narrative announces that Jesus’ birth is the climax of God’s long story with Israel. In addition, Jesus is presented as epitomizing all of Israel’s history. This is further shown in ...

Matthew describes Joseph as ... have any sexual relations with her until after Jesus was born in order to fulfil Isaiah’s prophesy of a virgin birth. Isaiah had said, “A virgin will become ...

For instance, both Matthew and Luke date Jesus’ birth toward the end of the reign of King Herod ... The episode seems more driven by Matthew’s theological interest in relating Jesus’ story to that of ...

Luke 2:8-21 narrates the story of an angel telling the ... or “Dennis the Short,” to calculate the date of Jesus’ birth. The gospels of Matthew and Luke speak of Jesus being born when ...

In the Christian tradition, Herod is the villain in the Christmas story. The Gospel of Matthew recounts how the king orders the death of all baby boys following the birth of Jesus, an event called ...

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 ...

His special emphasis on Jesus as Messiah continues not only in the birth narrative but also in the ministry of Jesus and in the Paschal Mysteries. Matthew thus has prepared us for the next stage of ...