Authorship, Audience And Genre Of The Gospel Of Matthew

Matthew opens his argument by describing Jesus: born of a virgin in Bethlehem, in the line of David, worshipped by Gentile Magi, brought out of Egypt, and raised in Nazareth.1 Matthew employs this list of prophecies from Mosaic Law and describes how Jesus fulfilled them all, simultaneously, as Blomberg’s notes in his portrait of Jesus, Matthew describes Jesus as “Son of David, King, and Royal Messiah,” and “Son of God.”2 Moreover, Matthew’s examples of the use of these titles throughout Matthew bear witness to Jesus’ divinity, as well as, how God could be understood through Jesus.3 Matthew proves not only Jesus’ Messiahship but His title of the Son of God.

In this paper, there will be research on the Gospel of Matthew from Daniel Harrington’s commentary “The Gospel of Matthew”, This paper will explain the teachings of the “6 Antithesis” in chapter 5 verses 21-48, and the main point on “Jesus came not to abolish but to “fulfill” the Law and Prophets (Harrington 90).” This paper will also have Daniel Harrington interpretations of the writing of the gospel of Matthew. I believe that Jesus had a reason for his teachings and how he went forward to preach them to the congregation.

The Gospel of Matthew is an ancient biography. It discusses the generation of Jesus, worshipping his life and referring to his teachings as the good news. This Gospel summons readers to seek God’s Kingdom, to follow Jesus so that they can experience wonderful things, and to act on His words, understand them and teach others like He taught us. The Gospel of Matthew consists of eight themes: The Abiding Presence of God, Jesus as the Son of God, The Teaching of Jesus, Discipleship, Interpretation and Scripture, Binding and Loosing, Worship and Doubt, Faith and Understanding, and Hostility Towards Jewish Leaders.

Matthew, who is known as one of Jesus’ twelve disciples and one of the four gospel writers, wrote the book of Matthew. Before Matthew became an evangelist, he worked as a tax collector. Due to his profession as a tax collector many people disliked him. Prior to being saved Mathew went by the name of Levi, but after submitting his life to Christ he changed his name to Mathew, which is how Christians refer to him today. Matthew’s character exemplified loyalty as he dedicated his time to God by participating in missionary work and taking accounts for the bible. The book is comprised of different teachings given by Jesus that Matthew took account of. For example, Matthew 7:1-6 is taken from the Sermon on the Mount. The book of Matthew was written

“Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing” – scholars tend to agree that through these words Jesus expresses himself as the Son of God. In this passage the listeners didn’t believe him because Jesus has been unfaithful to his father and family life going against embedded identity.

Notable in Matthew is its emphasis on Jesus as the promised Messiah and on matters pertaining to the church. Evidence that it probably was written for Jewish Christians may be found which is concerned with representing Jesus as the fulfillment of the Old Testament. The deep interest in the disciples is emphasized in Matthew. Matthew gives the fullest account of how Jesus called them, how he instructed them, how they failed him, and

When studying the Gospel of Matthew, Scholars have dated the book to be written sometime between the ages of 80 and 90 CE. Scholars have also estimated the book to have been written somewhere outside of Palestine, potentially in Antioch, Syria. Antioch was a very wealthy and educated area with a large Jewish community (Study Bible, 1665-1667). From what evidence permits, it’s estimated that the whole purpose of the gospel was meant as a means of correcting the Gospel of Mark by emphasizing the Jewishness of Jesus as the glorious Messiah of the Jews. There is also a stress to all the followers

These passages shed light on the way people perceived Jesus during his time. Some said that he was John the Baptist, Elijah, and Jeremiah or one of the prophets. However, the most important part of the passage is Peter’s identification of the Jesus as Christ. Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say I am?’ Peter answers by proclaiming Jesus to be the longed-for-Messiah of Israel: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” The response of Peter is a great profession of faith. Peter is able to make this affirmation about Jesus’ identity because God has enabled him to recognize Jesus as “the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus praises Peter saying, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…” (Mt: 16:17-19). Yet in the very next passage of the Gospel, Peter wavers and Jesus calls him “Satan”. Why? Because Jesus had gone on to reveal that he was to be a suffering messiah, put to death for the salvation of his people. And Peter was not prepared for this. Peter loved Jesus and firmly believed him to be the Christ, but a Christ conformed to his own ideas, expectations and attachments. How strange – and

The Gospel according to Matthew is the first book in the New Testament, and also serves as a bridge between the Old Testament and the New Testament. The gospel tells us of Jesus and his teachings. It is believed that the Gospel originated with Matthew, one of Jesus' disciples, and it circulated anonymously (Harris 149). The message in this gospel was compiled to minister to a Jewish and Jewish-Christian community when tensions between early Christians and postwar Jewish leaders aggravated bitter controversy. The Gospel of Matthew was written as an encouragement to the Greek-speaking Jewish Christians and Gentiles who were, at least partly, Torah observant during the 80s C.E. probably at Antioch in Syria

Scholars believe that it is unlikely that one of the Twelve wrote Matthew Gospel because of the description. "The manner in which Matthew presents his record of Jesus ancestors is typical of his use of the Hebrew bible and his purpose is not only to establish Jesus messianic credentials by right of descent from Abraham and David, but also to present Jesus birth as the climax of Israelite history" (Harris, 2014, pp. 166). Most of these scriptures in Matthew Gospel is an extension to the Gospel of Mark. "Matthew retains the apocalyptic themes found in Mark, but he significantly modifies them" (Harris, 2014, pp. 194). Due to the description, we can conclude a time and place for Matthew Gospel. Around 80 ce at least a decade after the destruction

In the Gospel of Mark 8: 27-35 Jesus, along with his disciples, is making his way to Caesarea Philippi. While on the way, Jesus asked the disciples who they thought he was. The disciples replied John the Baptist, Elijah, or one of the prophets. Jesus then asked a second time, “Who do you think that I am” and this time Peter replied saying that he was Christ. Jesus then explained that he must suffer, be rejected, die, and then rise on the third day. Peter brought Jesus aside after hearing what he had said, and began to criticize him. Jesus told Peter, in front of the disciples, to stand behind him calling him Satan and saying that he thinks like a human does and not as a God. After gathering

In all three gospels Jesus asks his disciples what the people think of Jesus and who he is. They reply with characters like John the Baptist, Elijah, or just another prophet. Then Jesus asks his disciples who they think he is. Peter replies with a varying statement of, “Christ, Son of the living God.” Jesus then tells his disciples to go and not speak to anyone about what they have learned. Jesus then continues to say that he must be rejected by the elders, he must be killed, and then he will rise again on the third day. Peter then rebukes Jesus as he is afraid for Jesus’ life. Jesus responds with, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are to on the side of God but of men.”

After he briefly introduced himself, Dr. Dunaway immediately proceeded to give an overview of the Book of Matthew. He stated that this gospel was written around 60 or 70 AD and possibly as late is 80 AD by the Apostle Matthew, a former Jewish tax collector for the Roman government.

The Gospel of Matthew was written with the intention of communicating certain Christian ideals and themes. The writer of the Gospel of Matthew places great emphasis on salvation and the promise the Kingdom of Heaven has to offer through the proper practice of Christianity under the teachings of Jesus. This, to the writer, is the ultimate goal of Christianity and the main point of the text – that there is indeed a promise to following the Christian teachings of Jesus. However, in substantiating the prospects behind following Christianity through teachings of Jesus, the writer had to establish Jesus’ authority and divine identity as the son of God; the Messiah. Through a series of parables and anecdotes,

Matthew 16: 13-19 is where Jesus explains to the disciples for the first time that he is really the Messiah, which they had not known before, while Matthew had made his readers aware of the fact in the first chapter. Peter receives this knowledge as a revelation from God, which is why Jesus blesses him and commissions him as the new high priest or chief rabbi, to use the terminology as Matthew would have understood it: