Verse by Verse Commentary on Gospel of Matthew - Heaster

1 Verse by Verse Commentary on Gospel ofMatthewDuncan HeasterPublished:2014 Categorie(s):Tag(s):christadelphian Matthew Gospel Commentary ;foreachindividualrela-tionshipwiththeLo rdJesusisunique, , , ,theotherwaysoftheLord sself-revelationareunlikelytobe perceived by us as intended. Hence this , ;notbecauseIamignorantofthem, ,IfailtoperceiveinthegenreoftheGospelrec ordsanyintentionbytheauthors(northeinspi redAuthorbehindthem) ( )Matthewmayhavebor-rowed from Mark or Q .ByallmeansletmeknowifI ,andtounderstand, , , , : Jesusloves me, this I know- for the Bible tells me so .For Him,Duncan 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Digression 1 John and Isaiah 40 Chapter 4 Digression 2 The Wilderness TemptationsChapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Digression 3 Judge not Chapter 8 Digression 4 "Let the dead bury their dead Digression 5 Legion and the Gadarene PigsChapter 9 Digression 6 The Table Manners of JesusChapter 10 Digression 7 Matthew 10:16-39 And The Last DaysChapter 11 Chapter 12 Digression 8 Unclean Spirits in Mt.

2 12:44,45 Digression 9 Mary s Mid-Life CrisisChapter 13 Digression10:ThePARABLEOFTHEWHEATANDTARE SIN A LAST DAYS CONTEXTC hapter 143 Digression 11: The Openness of Jesus in Feeding the 5000 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Digression 12: Peter The RockDigression 13: The Compulsion Of The CrossChapter 17 Digression 14: Curing of Psychosomatic IllnessChapter 18 Digression 15: What Is Conversion?Digression 16: The Indebted Servant of Luke 16 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Digression 17: Jesus: A Man MisunderstoodDigression 18: The Two Sons (Mt. 21:28-32)Digression 19: The Hopefulness of the Father and SonChapter 22 Digression 20: Two Invitations- Matthew 22:4 Digression 21: The Living Word of GodChapter 23 Chapter 24 Digression 22: The Nature of ProphecyDigression23:TheUpperRoomDiscour se(John14-16)andthe Olivet ProphecyDigression24:DoesTheOlivetProphe cyHaveABreakInFulfillment?

3 Digression 25: Conditional Prophecy in DanielDigression 26: With Jesus to JudgmentDigression 27: The Blossoming Of The Fig TreeDigression 28: Do we Know the Day and the ?Digression 29: The Days of Noah and the Last DaysChapter 25 Digression 30: A Chronology Of Judgment?Digression 31: God And TimeDigression 32: The Devil and His AngelsChapter 26 Digression 33: Caiaphas As The prince of this world Digression 34: Was the Last Supper Restricted?Digression 35: The Jewish Satan4 Chapter 27 Digression 36: As a sheep before her shearers Digression 37: The Possibility Of Avoiding The CrossDigression 38: Ongoing Crucifixion And DeathDigression 39: The Reality of CrucifixionDigression 40: Joseph And NicodemusDigression41:TheCentralPlaceoft heCrucifixionintheGospel RecordsChapter 28 Digression42:TheChronologyOfTheResurrect ionOfChristAppendices:Appendix 1: The Origin of the Gospel RecordsAppendix 2: The Seven Sayings from the CrossAppendix 3.

4 The Great Commission5 Chapter2 Matthew Chapter 1 Matthew CHAPTER 1 The Genealogy of JesusThebookofthegenerationofJesusChrist ,thesonofDavid, ,IsaacbegotJacob, , ,AmminadabbegotNahshon, ,RehoboambegotAbi-jah, ,JehoshaphatbegotJoram, ,JothambegotAhaz, ,ManassehbegotAmon, , ,JechoniahbegotShealtiel, ,AbiudbegotEliakim, ,SadocbegotAchim, ,EleazarbegotMatthan, ,ofwhomwasbornJesus, in Babylon to the Christ fourteen Birth of ,beforetheycametogether, ,beingarighteousmanandnotwillingtomakehe rapublicexample, ,anangeloftheLordap-pearedtohiminadream, saying:JosephyousonofDavid,donotbeafraid totakeMaryasyourwife, ,andyoushallcallhisnameJesus; ,saying:23 Thevirginshallbewithchildandshallgivebir thtoason;andtheyshallcallhisnameImmanuel , , had given birth to a son; and he called his name :1 Bookofthegeneration- Book , , , ,andastimewentonandtheLorddidn treturn, generation isalsotranslated nature inits othertwooccur-rences(James1:23;3:6).

5 Ifthe book referstothebookoftheGospelofMatthew, begat [ ]theirdescendants,untilJesuswasgennaoofM ary( :16).Jesusasapersonhada genesis ,Hewas generated byMaryasHisancestorshadbeen generated bythe generations generation ispresentedasbeingofthesamenatureasthe generation ofHis human ,whomtheGospelspresentastheulti-mateEmpe ror, , was in his :2 Judahandhisbrothers-ThefactIsaacandJacob hadbrothersiscarefullyomitted-becausethe descendantsofIsh-mael and Esau were not counted as the people of :3 PharesandZara-SinceJesuswasdescendedthro ughthelineofPhares,whymentionthebirthofZ ara-seeingthatsomanydetailsareomittedint hisgenealogy,evenwholegenera-tions,whyta kespacetorecordthis?PerhapsitwasbecauseZ arawasthefirstborn, , the rejected, the humanly , :5 Salmon-OfthetribeofJudah,becausethisisth egenea-logythroughJudah(1:2).Thetwospies whohadbeenfaithfulthefirsttimewhenspiesw eresentoutwereJoshuaandCaleb-ofthetribes ofEphraimandJudah( :6; :9).

6 Itseemsafairguessthatwhenthetwospieswere sentout, safairguessthathewasoneofthetwospieswho went to Rahab, and he subsequently married , shistory;theirstandingwithGodwastherefor eneveronthebasisofethnicpurity,butrather byculturalidentityandGod sgenealogyfeatures[unusually,forJewishge nealogies]severalwomen, salmostasifthegenealogyisthereintheformt hatitistopavethewayfortheaccountofMary s conception of Jesus without a :6 Davidtheking-Literally theDavidtheking .Theothersaren sdescendantarethereforeapplicable to sheofUriah . Shethatthatbeenthewifeof isaddedbysometranslatorsinexplanation,bu tisn forgets sininthesensethatHenolongerholdsitagains tus,thememoryofthosesinsisn toblit-erated,andHiswordisfullofsuchallu sionstosinwhichal-thoughHehasforgivenita ndsymbolically blotteditout , for-getting isn talwayspossible,andisnosignthatwehavefai ledto ;wickedAbiabegatgoodAsa;goodAsabegatgood Josaphat; tgenetic, badblood ;andwelike-wisecan assume that the children of the faithful will be ,daughterofJezebelthewifeofAhab, :12,childrenwhodon ,hisiniquitywasindeedvisiteduponthethird generation( :3-6).

7 Wealsoseehereafulfilmentoftheprophecytha tAhab shousewouldbeeradicated(2 Kings 9:8).1 :5, :12 JechoniasbegatSalathiel-Thereforetherefe rencetoJechoniahbeingwritten childless ( :30)perhapsmeansthatasJeremiahgoesontoco mment Nomanofhisseedshallprosper .Ifourchildrenaren tspirituallyprosperous, children is to raise a Godly seed .1 Zadok ( :21). vebeenapotentialking-priest,preparingthe wayforustounderstandJesus as a :15 Matthan-ThegenealogiesprovethatJosephwas ades-cendantofDavid, ;hewas"aswassupposed",or'aswasreckonedby law',thesonofJoseph( :23).TherecordinLukeappearstobethatofMar y;Josephbeing"thesonofHeli"wasprobablyby reasonofmarryingMary,thedaughterofHeli( :23);theTalmudspeakswithgrossvitriolicab outMarythedaughterofHeligoingtohellforhe rblasphemy, 'sfatherwasMatthat, (hintingatanarrangedmarriage?), , ,especiallyifitwasproducedbysimple, ,rather than exposing more :27describesZerubbabelasthehead/ spointwasthattheLordJesuswasthefinalMess iah,afterthefailureofsomanypotentialones be-forehand.

8 Zerubbabelthechief wouldthenbeasimilarrubricto David the king in Matthew s genealogy (Mt. 1:16).Josephwasactuallytherightfulkingof Israel, for the great task of raising His only begotten :17 Fortytwo-Thismusthavesomeconnectionwitht he42stoppingplacesbeforeIsraelreachedCan aan, ' (andotherevidence)thatitwasGod sintentionfortheKingdomtobeenteredbyIsra elatthe10timeofJesus-itwasafterall, ,andthereforethepoten-tialdidn sprophet-icprogrammeansthatit simpossibletofittogetheralllatterday prophecies into some chronological tincludeeverygeneration,therearesomegaps (seeon1:8;andZorababelwasSalathiel sgrandson, :19,yet1:12saysbe begat him).Thussome begat ,asmostChristianswereilliterate; :25-ifwetakeagenerationtobe35years,which itisinJob42 David is14, ,then6x7=42-thegenerationsculmin-ated in the perfect man, :18 FoundwithchildoftheHolySpirit-TheGreekse emstoimplyshewasunderstood[ found ]tobewithachildwhichhadcomeek,outof,from , her publically about the matter (1:19).

9 ThedescriptionsofMaryaskeepingthingsinhe rheart( :19,52),andthewayitseemsshedidn ttellJosephabouttheAngel svisit, ,likemanysensitivepeople, found pregnantbyJoseph( ,perceive,beobvious) ,andshehadn arose afterperhapsbeingfacedownonthegroundasth eAngelspokewithher, ,afterthreemonthsshereturnsevidentlypreg nant( :39). ,oratbestveryhard, :14wehave thewo-men,andMarythemotherofJesus , ,uninvited, ,butsheisn' , ;eithershewentalone,asIthinkIwouldhavetr iedto,orshejustcouldn ,inrecognitionofheruniquepercep-tionofHi m,appearedtoherfirstprivately,inarightfu llyunre-cordedmeeting?ButbyActs1:14,shew asintheupperroom,asifHisdeathledhertobem orereconciledtoherbrethren, ,inherheartandsoul,shewasaloner, ,areflector,whojustwantedtobealone,oneof thosewhotaketheirenergyfromthemselves rather than from other :19 Ajustman-TheverysamephraseisusedbyMatthe wtodescribeChristastheultimatelyjustorri ghteousmanasHehunguponthecross(27:19,24; :47; :18);theim-plicationissurelythatJoseph sjustorrighteousnessplayedaroleinthefina lperfectionofJesusastheultimately justman.

10 Foritwashewhowould vefirsttaughtJesustheshema,emphasizingth eword one asJewishfathersdid, (Acts22:14; :1)andasHewillbeatthedayofjudgment( :8); ,todayandforever;wetoo,asthesumofallthei nfluencesuponus, ;hencethewordsandstyleofMary shymnofpraisecanbefoundrepeatedinthelate rwordsofJesus, ;thetrialofjeal-ousyofNumbers5,divorce,s eekingcompensationfromthefather,publicsh amingofthewife, (seeon1:20 Takeuntoyou).Loveprotectsfromshame,notas itwerecoveringupsinwhichneedstobeex-pose d,butseekingtocoveroverinthesensethatGod satone-ment covers over our sins, as 1 Cor. 13 defines at ,alsodescribedasa justman asJosephwas( :50),wastheonewhotookthisresponsibil-ity ;rememberthatJosephwasaliveandknownasthe appar-entfatherofJesusduringHisministry( :42).Likewiseonewouldthinkitappropriatet hatthefirstpersontowhomtherisenLordrevea ledHimselfwould vebeentoHismother,forsheafterallwasthech annelofthewholemarvelousthing, ,itwastoanotherMary,Magdalene,thattheLor dfirstrevealedHimself, ,ChristmotionedtoHismotherthatJohnandnot Hewasnowherson( :26),addressingheras woman ratherthan mother -anunusualandevenrudeformofaddresstouset oones searthlyfamily, ,asitisforus-torealizethatwearebutchanne ls,usedbyGodincertainwaysatcertaintimes, tothedevelop-ment of His glory according to His program and not our :20 ThedescriptionsofJesusasa"man",ahumanbei ng, "begotten"( :16,20) , ' , (see on 1:18).