Gospel Of Matthew's Gospel

The Gospel of Matthew presents the promised Messiah, the immaculate Savior and King of the Jews. Matthew’s Gospel has a clear purpose and is unique for its linkage of the New and Old Testament through Jesus Christ. Matthew shows ages of prophecy fulfilled through a single life span of one man’s life. The fulfillment of the law is found in Christ and he recapitulates Israel in a condensed manner perfectly. The Gospel, also goes on to show the Israelites rejection of Christ as their Savior, their King and depicts a new gathering of people to Christ.

When looking in the Gospel of Matthew 15:21-28 and the Gospel of Mark 7:24-30 one can find that each of these pieces of their respective gospels have both some similarities and differences. There is evidence of overlap between these two which are quite easy to find whilst one is reading the sections of each. There also are points in which these two accounts diverge from one another by either telling a certain part of the other gospel in a different way, removing content from one of the other gospels, or adding something that may not have been referenced or described in the other. Either way these accounts from Matthew and Mark both have connections to each other even if not visible on the surface.

There are many different gospels that tell a similar story. Matthew and Mark are two Gospels written in a similar way but have different audiences. The story is the Last Supper and is about the last meal that Jesus experienced with his Apostles before his Sacrifice. There are many similarities, but not very many differences. Overall, the same story is told, but from two different perspectives.

- Marry, the mother of Jesus Christ, became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit even she was still a virgin. An angel appeared to Joseph,

Mark wants to iterate that Jesus is the son of God, but he does it in a way that appeals to the outsiders. Mark writes in ways that a little more mysterious than Matthew's, but after comparing the two passages, there are some similarities as well. By looking at both passages as well as the authors, several similarities and

As we learned, Mark was one source for the gospel of Matthew and Mathew was more than likely written after Mark. Matthew used eyewitness accounts, oral tradition, and written texts. Mark used oral tradition and eyewitness accounts. Matthew is written to appeal more towards Jewish audiences. Mark was a text for the Gentiles. He explains Jewish traditions and translates words and phrases. Matthew shows that the mission of Jesus is very distinct whereas Mark does not state the mission. Jesus really does not want anyone to see him or know he was in Tyre as stated in Mark 7:24. This could fall back on the messianic secret or the fact that Jesus was on a mission for the land of Israel specifically. Matthew is organized in a “just the facts” manner whereas Mark gives detail and emotion.

The gospel of Matthew differs from the teaching approach of Marks. Jesus’ teachings in Matthew are very direct whereas Marks Gospel is vague and not as detailed. Gospel of Marks is story of Jesus as a servant someone who helpful and can do anything for the good of people. Whereas, Matthew emphases Jesus as a King, someone who is keeps all that is promised by the prophets in the old testaments. Mark defines Jesus in a very mysterious character to be very mysterious as Jesus frequently commands people that he helps not to tell anyone. This shows that Jesus wanted to be a mystery. In addition Mark 16:1-8 he commands the women not to tell anyone as she see’s the open tomb Even the ending, of the gospel where there is just an empty tomb he commands the women to tell no one (Mark 16:1-8). Whereas, in Gospel according to Matthew Jesus is straightforward. He is expressive does not care to be kept a secret. In addition, Matthew portrayal of Jesus is more forgiving while Marks portrayal of Jesus is based on the influence. For example, in Matthew 8:23-27 while there is a storm coming his disciples show their belief in his power by not questioning him. Whereas, in Mark 4:35-41 the disciples question Jesus not understanding his power. This shows that Matthew portrayed Jesus as being powerful and the faith of the disciples to be strong differing from

Powell discussed three major themes of Matthew’s Gospel. One of the themes was Jewish law and Christian faith. “Matthew's Gospel invariably presents Jesus as the good example of one who binds and looses the law in accord with God's will. In the same token, the Pharisees are made to serve as a bad example of people who do not know God’s will and therefore bind what should be loosed and loose what should be bound”(Powell, 79). This shows the little understanding the Pharisees have of the God’s will and Matthew is emphasizing, “The authority of emerging Christian community over against groups that make competing claims (Powell, 79). Professor Michael White says, “Matthews gospel was written for a Jewish Christian audience, for a community caught

The beginning of the book of “The Gospel According to Matthew”, describes the first early stages of Jesus. Jesus is the child of Mary and the Holy Spirit. Once he was born, King Herod had heard a rumor that baby Jesus would be the king of the Jewish people. King Herod started looking for Jesus. Herod was not told where baby Jesus was, he ordered that all the infants who were two years old or younger in Bethlehem to be killed. Baby Jesus’s existence frightened King Herod. As Jesus grew older the more enemies he accumulated and more people that were frightened by his power. The Romans and the Jewish attacked Jesus on the first opportunity they had. Many readers would believe that the Romans and the Jewish people acted by their own choice on Jesus’s death. However, there is a possibility that the death of Jesus Christ was planned long before he was born, by God.

The book of Matthew marks the start of the New Testament. In this book, one has a glimpse of the everyday life of Jesus Christ. In the book of Matthew, Jesus is faced with temptations that test his calling as the authentic Son of God. Not only is this book a memoir of Jesus Christ's trials, but it is an account of Jesus' moral teachings. In these passages, we see Jesus Christ tempted by the devil with lust, pride, and worldly things.

Matthew and the Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus revitalized the concept of the reign of God, affirming that it is both a present reality and a future hope. God is king of the universe and reigns over all things, both nature and human affairs. The command to love God and the command to love one's neighbor are the "clothespins" on which all the teachings of the law and the prophets hang (= are derived).

The Gospel of Matthew is placed at the very beginning of the New Testament. It shares the story and teachings of Jesus. It has been estimated that at least one-third of Jesus’ recorded teaching is found in the parables (Wiersbe, “Windows On The Parables”, p. 15). The Gospel of Matthew contains over 23 parables. In these parables, Jesus shares stories that everyday people could relate to and understand the “mysteries of the kingdom of heaven”. Parables are shared in all three Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, but there are many that are exclusive to Matthew, particularly in Matthew 13.

Connections: Because Matthew’s purpose is to present Jesus Christ as the King and Messiah of Israel, he quotes from the Old Testament more than any of the other three gospel writers. Matthew quotes more than 60 times from prophetic passages of the Old Testament, demonstrating how Jesus fulfilled them. He begins his gospel with the genealogy of Jesus, tracing Him back to Abraham, the progenitor of the Jews. From there, Matthew quotes extensively from the prophets, frequently using the phrase “as was spoken through the prophet(s)” (Matthew 1:22-23, 2:5-6, 2:15, 4:13-16, 8:16-17, 13:35, 21:4-5). These verses refer to the Old

The Gospel of Mathew and Mark are centralized on Jesus Christ. According to the two gospels Jesus Christ essential teaching is seen throughout the bible in parables, that explains the kingdom of God and how we must not stray away from it and that we must put our overall faith into Jesus to save us from our sins. Jesus also teaches that we must love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Secondary principals are also seen through both gospels by his teaching of how to better ourselves as a person overall and having un-doubtful faith into God. The overall teachings of Jesus I believe are coherent through the different parables he teaches with each central theme mostly involving how to better oneself or to put overall faith into God.

One book governs millions of individuals – followers of the largest religion in the world. Christians turn to the Bible for guidance at home, in relationships, in the statehouse, in the schoolhouse and anywhere else they see fit. To the outsider, the conscious non-believer, it seems absurd and irrational to place so much value in one work. How can such a mysterious piece of history guide so many people on issues like abortion, and take credibility away from evidence-based science? Faith, of course, is the common answer to such criticism. But the Bible’s unique structure also gives it a level of credibility. It is made up of gospels – different “chapters” telling different versions of the same story, each from the vantage point of one of Jesus’