And it's very important that Jesus for Matthew is fully a man from Israel. Therefore, Matthew begins his gospel by taking all the genealogy of Jesus; he wanted to show that Jesus was the son of ...

Jesus is seen by Matthew as the embodiment of all preceding Jewish history. For example, the infancy narrative contains a genealogy [1:1-17] featuring four notable women [1:3,5,6]; a number of ...

A few weeks – or perhaps even months - after the birth of Jesus, Matthew records the events surrounding the visitors from the east. He refers to them as the ‘Magi’, meaning ‘wise men’.

On this occasion Jesus’ human nature and his divine nature are clearly seen. Jesus goes with his disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane, an olive tree plantation. Jesus takes Peter, James and ...

And it's very important that Jesus for Matthew is fully a man from Israel. Therefore, Matthew begins his gospel by taking all the genealogy of Jesus; he wanted to show that Jesus was the son of ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...