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The Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel of Matthew. Jesus as fulfillment of the Old Covenant. The Call of St. Matthew - Caravaggio. Jewish Christian author Audience – mixture of Jewish and Gentile Christians Courage and witness ( martyr ) Jesus highlighted as New Moses Five-fold structure Typology – OT prefiguring NT

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The Gospel of Matthew

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  1. The Gospel of Matthew Jesus as fulfillment of the Old Covenant

  2. The Call of St. Matthew - Caravaggio

  3. Jewish Christian author • Audience – mixture of Jewish and Gentile Christians • Courage and witness (martyr) • Jesus highlighted as New Moses • Five-fold structure • Typology – OT prefiguring NT • Theme of authority • Symbol of Gospel – Man Overview

  4. YES!! • Ezekiel 1:10 and Revelation 4:6—8ff • In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal. In the center and around the throne, there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back. The first creature resembled a lion, the second was like a calf, the third had a face like that of a human being, and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight • Matthew – Man – because of genealogy • Mark – Lion – royalty, John “roaring” • Luke – Ox – sacrifice, strength • John – Eagle – sky, eagles thought to look at sun Symbols for Evangelists??

  5. St. Matthew

  6. St. Mark

  7. St. Luke

  8. St. John

  9. Matthew is Jewish Christian writing to fellow Jews now mingled with Gentiles (non-Jews) • Infancy Narrative • Genealogy • Birth • Magi • Flight to Egypt • Death of holy innocents • Return to Egypt Hey. Who’s the new guy?

  10. List of names given to identify Christ as descendant of David • Rahab – saved herself from destruction of Jericho cf. Hebrews 11 • Ruth - But she said [to Naomi], "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.” • “whose mother had been Uriah’s wife” • Joseph names Jesus and takes him into his family, making him a descendant of David Genealogy

  11. Mary is with child by work of the Holy Spirit • Fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14 • Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, andwill call him Emmanuel • Visitation of the Magi • The glory of the Lord has dawned upon you…bearing gold and frankincense… Allusions to OT

  12. Univocal speech – word used in same sense every time e.g. cow • Equivocal speech – used in different sense • By chance – ball, pen • By intention – father, dog • Analogical – neither of the above • E.g. sharp A short philosophical break

  13. Analogical speech • Synonymous parallelism • Hebrew literary device expressing two ideas with different words • Kingdom come, will be done • Parables • Chapter 13 • 21:28-22:33 Kingdom of God

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