Since he was a righteous man…
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Deep Dive into Matthew
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St. Matthew and the Angel • Guido Reni • Pinacoteca Vaticana
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Session 1Notes
1. Gospel of Matthew 2. Housekeeping – March 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, April 6th – Break Easter Week – April 13th – Continue April 20th, 27th, May 4th, 11th – Pehaps June 15th, 22nd, 29th, etc.? – Bring a Bible
4. One Gospel or Four? 5. Matthew’s Sources: Mark 6. Matthew’s Alterations to Mark – Compressed wordiness
– Altered characterizations
– Mark 7:3-4 – Directs ministry to Jews – Matt 10:5-6, 23 7. Matthew’s Second Source: “Q” 8. Matthew's Additions to Mark – “M”
– Genealogy – Joseph’s dream – Visit of the magi – Slaughter of the innocents of Bethlehem – Flight into Egypt 10. Unique to Matthew – Ministry – John the Baptist’s protest – Giving Peter the keys – Jesus’ fame spreads to Syria – Peter sinking and saved – Paying the Temple tax – Officials’ protest the triumphant entry – Jesus’ 12 legions 11. Last Days – Unique to Matthew – Pilate washes his hands – Earthquakes and open tombs – The chief priests demand a guard at the tomb – The bribing of the guards – The great commission (28:16-20) 12. Prophesies– Unique to Matthew
– the weeds sown among the wheat – the treasure hidden in the field – the pearl of great price – a net gathering good and bad fish – the servant forgiven a great debt – the laborers and their wages – the obedient and disobedient sons – the guest who comes to dinner improperly attired – the ten virgins and their flasks of oil – the sheep and goats 14. Legal commentary – the smallest corner of the law – you have heard it said – tithe, pray and fast secretly – pulling a sheep from a pit on the Sabbath – our words on the day of judgment – correcting a sinning brother – observing Pharisaic teachings – calling no one teacher, father or master – babbling like the pagans 15. Unique Teachings I – casting pearls before swine – calling “Lord, Lord,” and being saved – many will come from east and west – go only to the lost sheep of Israel – receiving a prophet’s reward – warning against false prophets in sheep’s clothing – good and evil treasure – three days and nights in the earth 16. Unique Teachings II – the Pharisees – plants to be uprooted – the guardian angels & the little ones – binding in heaven / bound on earth – where two or three gathered in his name – being eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom – the kingdom o God will be taken and given to a nation producing fruit – Additions to the woe-etudes 17. Quick Questions – What, before this class, were your thoughts on how the Gospels were written? – Does it bother you that Matthew would change Mark’s story? 18. Matthew's Identity – Name?
19. Identity (1) Ethnicity – Affirms the Jewish law
– Greek! – Aramaic? – Hebrew? 21. Identity (3) – Location? – Evidence from affluence
– Written after Mark (70’s) – After destruction of the Temple?
– 80’s? 23. Identity (5) – Eyewitness? – Almost certainly not. – Reliant on Mark and Q 24. The Genealogy – Women
– All the best evidence suggests Matthew’s Gospel wasn’t written by an eyewitness. What are your thoughts and feelings about that? – With Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba, Jesus’ family lineage was strikingly less than pure, yet perhaps comfortingly human. Would we have wanted it to be different? Vertical Divider
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Session 2Notes
26. House of David – David anointed: 1 Sam 16:11-13
– Luke 3:23 – Protevangelium of James, 1:3 – The affects of adoption 27. Joseph’s Home – What do you remember about the Nativity?
28. The Holy Family – Joseph and Mary – Betrothal:
– Matt 1:19 – Deut 22:20-21 – What did Roman’s permit? – Why stoning? 30. Quick Questions – The customs of the ancient world are very different than ours. Who is right? Who has the better way? – What is your analysis of how Joseph responded? – How would you have responded to the situation? 31. Angelic Messengers: Matt 1:20 – Ishmael
– Salvation: יְשׁוּעָ֑ה – Joshua: יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ – Ἰησοῦς / IHΣ 33. Virginal Conception: Matt 1:22-23 – Matt 1:23 – Isaiah 7:10-25
– Matt 2:1 – Luke 2:4 |
