Gospel of Matthew Composition (jan 1, 80 – jan 1, 90)
Description:
-Author unknown
-References book of Mark, Luke, Q Source, and M source (The author or his religious group)
-Work of 2nd generation christians
-Wrote for a community of Greek-speaking Jewish Christians located probably in Syria (Antioch)
-Strict in adhering to Jewish law ( must exceed the scribes and the Pharisees in "righteousness")
-Genealogy of Jesus from Abraham and King David
-Baptism of Jesus
-Jesus commissions the Twelve Disciples and sends them to preach to the Jews
-Perform miracles
-Prophesy the imminent coming of the Kingdom
-Satan drives evil deeds
-Peter (was Simon) calls Jesus "the Christ, the son of the living God", and Jesus states that on this "bedrock" (πέτρα, petra) he will build his church: this passage forms the foundation for the papacy's claim of authority
-Jesus speaks in the temple, debates religious leaders, and Herodian Caucus
- Jesus drives out money changers in temple
-Last Supper
-Jesus betrayed by Judas
-Jesus tried by Sanhedrin (Jewish leaders) and Pontius Pilate
-Jesus Crucified as King of the Jews
-Temple veil rent
-Saints rise from tombs
- Mary Magdalene & another Mary find tomb empty, guarded by an angel, and Jesus tells them to tell the disciples to meet him in Galilee.
-Jesus gives the great comission
Sources:
1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew
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