The Gospel according to Matthew is perhaps the most important single document of the New Testament, for in it we have the fullest and most systematic account of the birth, life, teaching, death and resurrection of the founder of Christianity, Jesus the Messiah.
Michael Green shows how this very Jewish Gospel portrays the power and purpose of Jesus’ life and work, which was to bring light to all nations. Matthew records Jesus as Son of God, Messiah, Son of David, Son of Man and supremely as God returning to Jerusalem as judge and redeemer.
The consequences of this steady focus are as relevant now as then. We need Matthew’s emphasis on the unity of God’s revelation, old and new, its reaching on the life of discipleship and the meaning of the kingdom of heaven, and its insights into the people of the messiah, the end of the world and the universality of the Good News.
Innehållsförteckning
Contents
General preface ix
Author’s preface xi
Chief abbreviations xiii
Select bibliography xv
Introduction 1
Part 1: In Galilee (Matthew 1 – 13)
A. Beginnings (1 – 7)
1. Jesus’ pedigree and birth (1:1-25) 41
2. Jesus’ childhood (2:1-23) 50
3. The beginning of Jesus’ ministry (3:1 – 4:25) 61
4. The first discourse: the manifesto of the kingdom
(5:1 – 7:29) 75
B. Discipleship (8 – 10)
5. Who is this Jesus? (8:1 – 9:34) 102
6. The second discourse: the mission of the kingdom
(9:35 – 10:42) 118
C. Response (11 – 13)
7. Jesus’ claim, and its ground (11:1-30) 128
8. Human response to Jesus: for and against (12:1-50) 136
9. The third discourse: the parables of the kingdom (13:1-58) 145
Part 2: To Jerusalem (Matthew 14 – 28)
D. Shadows (14 – 18)
10. Shadows of the future (14:1 – 17:27) 159
11. The fourth discourse: relationships in the kingdom (18:1-35) 188
E. Judgment (19 – 25)
12. Judgments on issues (19:1 – 20:34) 200
13. Judgment on Israel (21:1-27) 219
14. Parables and controversies on judgment (21:28 – 22:46) 228
15. The fifth discourse:
(1) judgment on dead religion (23:1-39) 242
16. The fifth discourse:
(2) the end of Jerusalem and of history (24:1 – 25:46) 253
F. Finale (26 – 28)
17. A study in contrasts (26:1-16) 272
18. Jesus’ last evening (26:17-56) 277
19. The trials of Jesus (26:57 – 27:31) 288
20. The cross and the tomb (27:32-66) 303
21. The end of the beginning (28:1-20) 320
Study guide 335
Om författaren
Michael Green (1930 – 2019) was an international evangelist, and Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, England. As a pastor, author and lecturer, he taught and preached the New Testament for many years.
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