- The Synoptic Gospels and Their Literary Relationship
- Dates of the Synoptic Gospels
- The Gospel According to Matthew (Introduction)
Section 1: Introduction to Jesus and the Gospel
Genealogy and birth
- Matthew 1:1-17 (The Genesis of Jesus Christ, Part 1)
- The Genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke
- Matthew 1:18-25 (The Genesis of Jesus Christ, Part 2)
- Matthew 2:1-12 (The Visit of the Magi)
- Matthew 2:13-23 (The Flight Into Egypt and Slaughter of the Innocents)
The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry
- Matthew 3:1-10 (John the Baptist)
- Matthew 3:11-17 (John the Baptist and Jesus)
- Matthew 4:1-11 (The Temptation of Jesus)
Section 2: The Gospel of the Kingdom
The First Set of Narratives
The First Discourse
- Matthew 5:3-5 (The Beatitudes, Part 1)
- Matthew 5:6-12 (The Beatitudes, Part 2)
- Matthew 5:13-20 (Salt and Light; The Fulfillment of the Law)
- Matthew 5:22 (The Fiery Hell: Two Questions)
- Matthew 5:21-26 (Damning Anger)
- Matthew 5:27-32 (Adultery)
- Matthew 5:33-42 (On Swearing Oaths and Resisting Evil)
- Matthew 5:43-48 (Love Your Enemies)
- Matthew 6:1-4 (Beware of Practicing Your Righteousness Before Men; Almsgiving)
- Matthew 6:5-18 (Beware of Practicing Your Righteousness Before Men; Prayer and Fasting)
- Matthew 6:9-11 (The Lord’s Prayer I)
- Matthew 6:12-15 (The Lord’s Prayer II)
- Matthew 6:19-24 (Treasures in Heaven; The Evil Eye of the Grudging Giver)
- Matthew 6:25-34 (Do Not Be Anxious)
- Matthew 7:1-12 (Judging Others, Casting Pearls, Asking to Receive)
- Matthew 7:13-23 (The Narrow Gate and the Broad Road)
- Matthew 7:24-8:1 (The Wise and Foolish Builders)
Section 3: Jesus’ Messianic Credentials
The Second Set of Narratives
- Matthew 8:2-13 (Jesus’ Healing Ministry)
- Matthew 8:14-22 (Jesus’ Healing Ministry, the Cost of Discipleship)
- Matthew 8:23-27; 9:1-8 (Jesus’ Incredible Authority)
- Matthew 8:28-34 (A Gentile Demoniac)
- Matthew 9:9-13 (The Call of Matthew)
- Matthew 9:14-17 (New Wine in New Wineskins)
- Matthew 9:18-26 (Hope for the Hopeless)
- Matthew 9:27-31 (The Son of David Heals the Blind)
- Matthew 9:32-38 (Jesus’ Expanding Healing Ministry)
The Second Discourse
- Matthew 10:1 (Unclean Spirits)
- Matthew 10:2-4 (The Twelve Apostles)
- Matthew 10:5-15 (2nd Discourse: Jesus Sends Out The Twelve)
- Matthew 10:16-25 (Serpents and Doves; The Cost of True Discipleship: Sitz Im Leben)
- Matthew 10:17-25 (The Cost of True Discipleship: Facing Opposition)
- Matthew 10:26-31 (The Cost of True Discipleship: Do Not Fear)
- Matthew 10:32-42 (Confessing Jesus; What Precedes Peace; Future Rewards)
Section 4: The Proclamation of the Kingdom
The Third Set of Narratives
- Matthew 11:1-9 (Dashed Expectations, Doubt, and a True Prophet)
- Matthew 11:10-13 (Born of God versus Born of Women)
- Matthew 11:14-19 (Elijah’s Coming; God’s Wisdom Vindicated)
- Matthew 11:20-24 (Repentance and the Greater Responsibility of the Gospel Age)
- Matthew 11:25-30 (Blessed are the Poor in Spirit)
- Matthew 12:1-8 (Sabbath Controversy)
- Matthew 12:9-21 (Sabbath Controversy; Jesus Begins to Withdraw)
- Matthew 12:22-30 (Spiritual and Physical Healing, Satan’s Kingdom, Unity)
- Matthew 12:27-30 (Jewish Exorcists, Binding the Strong Man)
- Matthew 12:31-32 (The Unpardonable Sin and The Mark of the Beast)
- Matthew 12:33-37 (Idle Words and a Person’s Heart)
- Matthew 12:38-40 (An Evil and Adulterous Generation; Three Days and Three Nights)
- Matthew 12:40 (Three Days and Three Nights; The Paschal Controversy)
- Matthew 12:41-42 (The Men of Nineveh and The Queen of the South)
- Matthew 12:43-50 (Complete Deliverance; The Common Blood of God’s Family)
The Third Discourse
- Matthew 13:1-3, 10-17 (Jesus’ Teaching in Parables)
- Matthew 13:1-3, 10-17 (Coming to an Understanding of the Knowledge of the Truth)
- Matthew 13:3-9,18-23 (The Parable of the Sower: Part 1)
- Matthew 13:3-9,18-23 (The Parable of the Sower: Part 2)
- Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 (The Parable of the Tares)
- Matthew 13:31-35 (The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Hidden Leaven)
- Matthew 13:44-46 (The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Value)
- Matthew 13:47-50 (The Parable of the Net)
Section 5: Rising Conflict
The Fourth Set of Narratives
- Matthew 13:51-58 (The Parable the Scribe; Jesus’ Hometown)
- Matthew 14:1 (The Herodian Dynasty)
- Matthew 14:1-12 (The Death of John the Baptist 1)
- Matthew 14:1-12 (The Death of John the Baptist 2)
- Matthew 14:1-12 (The Death of John the Baptist 3)
- Matthew 14:12-13 (Jesus Withdraws)
- Matthew 14:13-21 (The Feeding of the 5000, part 1)
- Matthew 14:13-21 (The Feeding of the 5000, part 2)
- Matthew 14:22-36 (Jesus Walks on Water Part 1)
- Matthew 14:22-36 (Jesus Walks on Water Part 2)
- Matthew 14:22-36 (Jesus Walks on Water Part 3)
- Matthew 15:1-6 (The Pharisees Confront Jesus; Tradition verse Commandment)
- Matthew 15:1-9 (Tradition Versus Commandment)
- Matthew 15:1-20 (On Physical and Spiritual Defilement)
- Matthew 15:10-20 (On Food and Defilement and Taking Offense)
- Matthew 15:10-20 (On Offending Tares)
- Matthew 15:21-28 (The Canaanite Woman’s Faith Part 1)
- Matthew 15:21-28 (The Canaanite Woman’s Faith Part 2)
- Matthew 15:29-31 (More Healing in Gentile Lands)
- Matthew 15:32-39 (The Feeding of the 4000)
- Matthew 16:1-3 (A Sign From Heaven)
- Matthew 16:4 (An Evil and Adulterous Generation)
- Matthew 16:5-12 (The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees)
- Mark 8:22-26 (On the Way to Caesarea Philippi)
- Matthew 16:13-16 (Peter’s Great Confession)
- Matthew 16:17-20 (Jesus’ Blessing of Peter)
- Matthew 16:17-20 (The Gates of Hades and the Keys of the Kingdom)
- Matthew 16:21-23 (The Suffering Messiah; Peter a Rock of Offense)
- Matthew 16:24-26 (Following Jesus)
- Matthew 16:27-28 (The Son of Man is Going to Come)
- Matthew 17:1-2 (The Transfiguration, Part 1)
- Matthew 17:3-5 (The Transfiguration, Part 2)
- Matthew 17:6-8 (The Transfiguration, Part 3)
- Matthew 17:9-13 (After The Transfiguration)
- Matthew 17:14-16 (Jesus Heals a Lunatic, Part 1)
- Matthew 17:14-21 (Jesus Heals a Lunatic, Part 2; A Perverted Generation)
- Matthew 17:14-23 (Jesus Heals a Lunatic, Part 3, Return to Capernaum)
- Matthew 17:22-27 (The Temple Tax)
The Fourth Discourse
- Matthew 18:1-4 (The Greatest In God’s Kingdom)
- Matthew 18:1-6 (Children of the Kingdom)
- Mark 9:38-42 (“Little Ones” in Christ Who Don’t Follow Us)
- Matthew 18:6-10 (Stumbling Blocks)
- Matthew 18:8-9 (Eternal Fire and the Fiery Hell, Part 1)
- Matthew 18:8-9 (Eternal Fire and the Fiery Hell, Part 2)
- Matthew 18:10 (Little Ones’ Angels)
- Matthew 18:11-14 (The Father’s Great Love For the Lost)
- Matthew 18:15 (Seeking Sheep That Have Gone Astray, Part 1)
- Matthew 18:15-17 (Seeking Sheep That Have Gone Astray, Part 2)
- Matthew 18:18-19 (Binding and Loosing)
- Matthew 18:19-22 (On Church Numbers and Forgiveness)
- Matthew 18:23-24 (Our Debt to God)
- Matthew 18:25 (The Wages of Sin)
- Matthew 18:26-27 (Repentance and the Compassion of the Lord)
- Matthew 18:28-30 (On Choking Others Over Pence and Motes and Gnats)
- Matthew 18:30-31 (On Unforgiveness)
- Matthew 18:32-35 (The Wickedness of Men; The Justice and Mercy of God)
Section 6: The Kingdom and the End
The Fifth Set of Narratives
- Matthew 19:1-2 (Jesus Departs From Galilee)
- Matthew 19:3-6 (Jesus’ Teaching on Divorce, Part 1)
- Matthew 19:7-9 (Jesus’ Teaching on Divorce, Part 2)
- Matthew 19:9 (The Exception Clause to Divorce and Remarriage)
- Scripture Passages Related to Divorce and Remarriage
- Matthew 19:1-9 (The Spiritual Significance of Marriage)
- Matthew 19:10 (The Disciples’ Response To Jesus’ Teaching on Divorce)
- Matthew 19:1-10 (Answers to the Really Hard Questions Regarding Divorce)
- Matthew 19:1-10 (Answers to the Really Hard Questions Regarding Remarriage Part 1)
- Matthew 19:1-10 (Answers to the Really Hard Questions Regarding Remarriage Part 2)
- Matthew 19:11-12 (On Celibacy)
- Matthew 19:13-15 (Jesus Blesses the Little Children)
- Matthew 19:16-17 (The Rich Young Ruler, Part 1)
- Matthew 19:18-21 (The Rich Young Ruler, Part 2)
- Matthew 19:21 (The Rich Young Ruler, Part 3)
- Matthew 19:21-22 (The Rich Young Ruler, Part 4)
- Matthew 19:22-26 (The Rich Young Ruler, Part 5)
- Matthew 19:27-28 (The Reward Of Those Who Have Followed Christ, Part 1)
- Matthew 19:27-28 (The Reward Of Those Who Have Followed Christ, Part 2)
- Matthew 19:29 (The Reward Of Those Who Have Followed Christ, Part 3)
- Matthew 19:30-20:16 (The First Shall Be Last, and the Last First, Part 1)
- Matthew 19:30-20:16 (The First Shall Be Last, and the Last First, Part 2)
- Matthew 19:30-20:16 (The First Shall Be Last, and the Last First, Part 3)
- Matthew 19:30-20:16 (The First Shall Be Last, and the Last First, Part 4)
- Matthew 20:17-19 (Jesus Anticipates Jerusalem)
- Matthew 20:17-19 (Judas’ Expectations)
- Matthew 20:20 (The Mother of James and John)
- Matthew 20:20-22 (James’ and John’s Request)
- Matthew 20:22-23 (The Cup of the Lord)
- Matthew 20:23-28 (Jesus’ Response to James’ and John’s Request)
- Matthew 20:25-28 (The Kingdom of God versus the Kingdoms of This World)
- Matthew 20:28 (Reigning Through Service; Ransomed From Sin)
- Matthew 20:28 (The Bondage of the Temporal Pleasures Sin)
- Matthew 20:28 (The Bondage of Sin)
- Matthew 20:28 (Christ Our Ransom From the Bondage of Sin)
- Matthew 20:28 (Returning to a Former Master; A Ransom For Many)
- Matthew 20:29-34 (Jesus Heals the Blind, Part 1)
- Matthew 20:29-34 (Jesus Heals the Blind, Part 2)
- Matthew 20:29-34 (Jesus Heals the Blind, Part 3)
- Matthew 20:29-34 (Jesus Heals the Blind, Part 4)
- Matthew 21:1-11 (The Triumphal Entry, Part 1)
- Matthew 21:1-11 (The Triumphal Entry, Part 2)
- Matthew 21:1-11 (The Triumphal Entry, Part 3)
- Matthew 21:1-11 (The Triumphal Entry, Part 4)
- Matthew 21:1-11 (The Triumphal Entry, Part 5)
- Matthew 21:1-11 (The Triumphal Entry, Part 6)
- Matthew 21:12-13 (Jesus Cleanses the Temple, Part 1)
- Matthew 21:12-13 (Jesus Cleanses the Temple, Part 2)
- Matthew 21:12-13 (Jesus Cleanses the Temple, Part 3)
- Herod’s Temple
- New Testament Scripture Passages Related to the Temple
- Matthew 21:14-15 (Miracles in the Temple)
- Matthew 21:16-17 (Out of the Mouths of Babes)
- Matthew 21:18-22 (The Withering of the Fig Tree)
- Matthew 21:18-22 (The Blessing of Fruitfulness)
- Matthew 21:18-22 (The Curse of Unfruitfulness)
- Matthew 21:18-22 (The Power of Prayer to Move Mountains, Part 1)
- Matthew 21:21-22 (The Power of Prayer to Move Mountains, Part 2)
- Matthew 21:23-27 (Jesus’ Authority Questioned)
- Matthew 21:23-27 (Jesus Addresses His Authority and Sifts the Chaff)
- Matthew 21:23-27 (Two Different Lasting Influences)
- Matthew 21:28-32 (The Parable of the Two Sons, Part 1)
- Matthew 21:28-32 (The Parable of the Two Sons, Part 2)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 1)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 2)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 3)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 4)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 5)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 6)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 7)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 8)
- Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Part 9)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 1)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 2)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 3)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 4)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 5)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 6)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 7)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 8)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 9)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 10)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 11)
- Matthew 22:1-14 (The Parable of the Marriage Feast, Part 12)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 1: Plotting to Trap God)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 2: The Plot Thickens)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 3: True But not Truthful)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 4: Putting the Lord to the Test)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 5: Whose Likeness and Inscription?)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 6: Rendering to Caesar)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 7: Rendering to God)
- Matthew 22:15-22 (Tribute to Caesar 8: The Long Reach of the 8th Commandment)
- Matthew 22:23 (Answering the Sadducees 1: Who were the Sadducees?)
- Matthew 22:23 (Answering the Sadducees 2: The Sadducees Then and Now)
- Matthew 22:24-28 (Answering the Sadducees 3: Levirate Marriage)
- Matthew 22:28-29 (Answering the Sadducees 4: The Faulty Reasonings of Fallen Men)
- Matthew 22:29 (Answering the Sadducees 5: Not Knowing the Power of God)
- Matthew 22:30 (Answering the Sadducees 6: No Marriage in the Resurrection)
- Matthew 22:30 (Answering the Sadducees 7: Counted Worthy; Like Angels)
- Matthew 22:30 (Answering the Sadducees 8: Equal to Angels But Not Angels)
- Matthew 22:30 (Answering the Sadducees 9: Equal to Angels in Knowing Good and Evil)
- Matthew 22:30 (Answering the Sadducees 10: Equal to Angels—A Bigger Picture)
- Matthew 22:31-33 (Answering the Sadducees 11: Why There is a Resurrection)
- Matthew 22:34-36 (The Greatest Commandment 1: The Lawyer’s Question)
- Matthew 22:37-40 (The Greatest Commandment 2: Loving God and Loving One’s Neighbor)
- Matthew 22:40 (The Greatest Commandment 3: All That Hangs Upon It)
- Mark 12:32-34 (The Greatest Commandment 4: The Scribe Responds Intelligently)
- Matthew 22:41-42 (Jesus Questions the Pharisees, Part 1: The Power of Truth)
- Matthew 22:43-46 (Jesus Questions the Pharisees, Part 2: The Necessity of Divine Revelation)
- Matthew 22:44 (Jesus Questions the Pharisees, Part 3: Christ’s Completed Work and Ascension)
- Matthew 23:1-2 (Who Are the Scribes?)
- Matthew 23:1-2 (The Chair of Moses)
- Matthew 23:3 (All That They Tell You, Do and Observe)
- Matthew 23:3-4 (Do As I Say, Not as I Do; Heavy Burdens)
- Matthew 23:5 (To Be Noticed By Men)
- Matthew 23:6-7 (The Place of Honor)
- Matthew 23:7-12 (Honorary Titles 1: Exploited by the Education Industry)
- Matthew 23:7-12 (Honorary Titles 2: The Brotherhood of All Men)
- Matthew 23:13 (Woe to You, Hypocrites!)
- Matthew 23:13 (Hindering Those Who Are Entering)
- Matthew 23:14 (The Sheepskin of Wolves to Exploit Others)
- Matthew 23:14 (Devouring Widows’ Houses; The Widow’s Mite)
- Matthew 23:15 (When Evangelistic Endeavors Are Not a Good Thing)
- Matthew 23:15 (Twice as Much a Son of Hell)
- Matthew 23:16-18 (Blind Guides and Swearing Oaths)
- Matthew 23:16-22 (Religious Fools)
- Matthew 23:23 (Tithing Mint and Dill and Cummin)
- Matthew 23:23 (The Weightier Provisions of the Law 1: Justice and Mercy)
- Matthew 23:23 (The Weightier Provisions of the Law 2: Faithfulness)
- Matthew 23:24 (Blind Guides Who Strain Out Gnats but Swallow Camels)
- Matthew 23:25 (Full of Robbery and Self-Indulgence)
- Matthew 23:26 (Clean Cups)
- Matthew 23:27-28 (Whitewashed Tombs)
- Matthew 23:29-30 (Building Monuments to the Righteous)
- Matthew 23:29-31 (The Crowning Mitre of Hypocrisy)
- Matthew 23:32 (The Measure of the Guilt of Your Fathers)
- Matthew 23:33 (Serpents and Vipers: How Will You Escape the Sentence of Hell?)
- Matthew 23:34-35 (Multipurpose Messengers)
- Matthew 23:34-35 (God’s Love; Man’s Free Will)
- Matthew 23:34-35 (The Deceitfulness of Sin 1; The Nature of True Salvation)
- Matthew 23:34-35 (The Deceitfulness of Sin 2: Humility, Pride, and God’s Sovereignty)
- Matthew 23:34-35 (The Deceitfulness of Sin 3: Summary)
- Matthew 23:35 (Guilty of All the Righteous Blood Shed on Earth)
- Matthew 23:35-36 (Sinning Against So Great a Light)
- Matthew 23:35-36 (God’s Vengeance for the Shedding of Righteous Blood)
- Matthew 23:37 (O Jerusalem, Jerusalem)
- Matthew 23:37-38 (Gathered Together Under God’s Wings of Refuge)
- Matthew 23:38 (Desolation: The Consequence of Rejecting God’s Messengers)
- Matthew 23:38-39 (Your House is Left Desolate)
- Matthew 23:39 (Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord)
The Fifth Discourse
- Matthew 24:1 (Jesus Forsakes the Temple)
- Matthew 24:1-2 (The Glory of the Temple)
- Matthew 24:1-2 (The Hidden Glories of God’s Temple)
- Matthew 24:1-2 (Satan and the Hidden Glory of God)
- Matthew 24:2-3 (Not One Stone Left Upon Another)
- Matthew 24:3 (The Disciples’ Questions)
- The Fulfillment of Matthew 24 in the Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 70
- Matthew 24:4-5 (Do Not Be Misled About the Identity of the Christ)
- Matthew 24:4-5 (The Deception of False Christs)
- Matthew 24:6-7 (Wars and Rumors of Wars)
- Matthew 24:7 (Famines and Pestilences)
- Matthew 24:7 (Earthquakes)
- Matthew 24:8 (Birth Pangs)
- Matthew 24:9 (Tribulation to Christ’s Disciples)
- Matthew 24:9-10 (Tribulation and Falling Away)
- Matthew 24:10 (If We Stumble Will We Fall?)
- Matthew 24:10-11 (A Baited Trap and the Trappers)
- Matthew 24:12 (The Increase of Lawlessness)
- Matthew 24:10-12 (The Hoi Polloi)
- Matthew 24:13 (The One Who Endures to the End Will Be Saved)
- Matthew 24:14 (This Gospel Shall Be Preached As a Testimony)
- Matthew 24:15 (The Abomination of Desolation, Part 1)
- Matthew 24:15 (The Abomination of Desolation, Part 2)
- Matthew 24:16 (Flee to the Mountains: Escape From Babylon!)
- Matthew 24:17 (Upon the Housetop: The Urgency of Fleeing)
- Matthew 24:18 (The Urgency of Fleeing: Remember Lot’s Wife)
- Matthew 24:19 (Woe to Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers)
- Matthew 24:20 (Pray That Your Flight Will Not Be In Winter or on a Sabbath)
- Matthew 24:21 (A Great Tribulation)
- Matthew 24:22 (No Life Would Have Been Saved)
- Matthew 24:22 (Who are God’s Elect?)
- Matthew 24:23-26 (Don’t Believe It: Neither Here Nor There)
- Matthew 24:23-26 (Don’t Believe It: Not in the Wilderness or Inner Rooms)
- Matthew 24:24 (Great Signs and Wonders)
- Matthew 24:24 (False Signs and Wonders 1: A False God and False Messiah)
- Matthew 24:24 (False Signs and Wonders 2: A False Spirit and the Image of the Beast)
- Matthew 24:24 (False Signs and Wonders 3: A False Church)
- Matthew 24:24 (The False Wonders of Patent Medicine)
- Matthew 24:27 (Just as the Lightning)
- Matthew 24:27-28 (Wherever the Corpse Is)
- Matthew 24:29-31 (Immediately After the Tribulation of Those Days)
- Matthew 24:29 (The Sun, Moon and Stars Will Be Darkened)
- Matthew 24:29 (The Spiritual Significance of the Sun, Moon and Stars)
- Matthew 24:29 (The Powers of the Heavens Will Be Shaken)
- Matthew 24:30 (The Sign of the Son of Man)
- Matthew 24:31 (Gathered By Angels)
- Matthew 24:31 (Gathered From the Four Winds)
- Matthew 24:31 (Gathered With a Great Trumpet)
- Matthew 24:32-33 (The Parable of the Fig Tree; the Rapture Revealed)
- Matthew 24:34-35 (This Generation Will Not Pass Away Until All These Things Take Place)
- Matthew 24:36 (Of That Day and Hour No One Knows)
- Matthew 24:36 (Not Equality, But Oneness)
- Matthew 24:37-39 (The Parousia of the Lord)
- Matthew 24:37-39 (Just Like the Days of Noah)
- Matthew 24:37-41 (The Ark of Salvation Pitched With Pitch)
- Matthew 24:42 (Be on the Alert!)
- Matthew 24:43-44 (The Porter and the Goodman)
- Matthew 24:43-44 (The Two-Fold Nature of Jesus’ Coming)
- Matthew 24:45 (Stewards and Servants)
- Matthew 24:46-47 (Blessings for Keeping Watch)
- Matthew 24:48-51 (Jews Who Kept Watch; Those Who Grew Impatient)
- Matthew 24:50 (At an Hour You Will Not Recognize)
- Matthew 24:51 (Curses For Not Keeping Watch)
- Matthew 25:1 (The Ten Virgins and the Bride)
- Matthew 25:1 (Who Do the Ten Virgins Represent?)
- Matthew 25:1-5 (The Lamp and the Oil)
- Matthew 25:2-5 (The Wise and the Foolish and the Oil)
- Matthew 25:6-7 (The Shout to Come Out)
- Matthew 25:7-8 (Trimmed Lamps or a Quenched Spirit?)
- Matthew 25:8 (Give Us Some of Your Oil)
- Matthew 25:9 (No Oil to Share)
- Matthew 25:9-10 (Go to the Dealers)
- Matthew 25:10-11 (And the Door Was Shut)
- Matthew 25:11-13 (To Be Known by the Lord)
- Matthew 25:14-30 (The Parable of the Talents—Overview)
- Matthew 25:15 (To Each According to His Own Ability)
- Matthew 25:16-18 (Faithful Diligence With the Talents of Our Lives)
- Matthew 25:16-18 (Christ’s Management; Our Partnership)
- Matthew 25:16-18 (Merchants of the Kingdom; Those Who Bury Their Talents)
- Matthew 25:18 (On Burying the Eternal Riches Entrusted to Us)
- Matthew 25:18 (He Who Hides His Treasure to Preserve it Will Lose It)
- Matthew 25:19 (After a Long Time the Master Settled Accounts)
- Matthew 25:20,22 (Responsible Citizens of God’s Kingdom)
- Matthew 25:21,23 (The Master’s Commendation)
- Matthew 25:21,23 (The Importance of Faithfulness)
- Matthew 25:21,23 (The Master’s Reward; Joy and Fun)
- Matthew 25:24-25 (I Knew You to Be a Hard Man)
- Matthew 25:25 (Behold, You Have What is Yours)
- Matthew 25:26 (You Wicked, Lazy Servant)
- Matthew 25:26-27 (Caught in His Own Words; Is Interest Lawful?)
- Matthew 25:28-29 (Deprived of One’s Talent)
- Matthew 25:30 (Outer Darkness; Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth)
- Matthew 25:31-46 (Summarizing the Olivet Discourse: The Sheep and the Goats)
- Matthew 25:31-32 (Christ’s Throne of Glory)
- Matthew 25:31-32 (The Hidden Glory of God)
- Matthew 25:31-32 (The Manifestation of God’s Hidden Glory to Men and Angels)
- Matthew 25:31-33 (The Nature of Sheep and Goats)
- Matthew 25:34 (The King and His Kingdom of Sheep)
- Matthew 25:34 (Come, Inherit the Kingdom)
- Matthew 25:34 (The Kingdom Prepared From the Foundation of the World)
- Matthew 25:35-36 (Good Fruits and Good Doctrine)
- Matthew 25:35-40 (You Did It Unto Me)
- Matthew 25:41 (A Sevenfold Damnation)
- Matthew 25:41 (So Great a Salvation; So Great the Judgment for Rejecting It)
- Matthew 25:41 (Prepared For the Devil and His Angels)
- Matthew 25:42-45 (Ye Did It Not To Me)
- Matthew 25:46 (Eternal Punishment)
- Matthew 25:46 (Concluding the Sheep and the Goats And the Olivet Discourse: Eternal Life)
Section 7: The Passion and the Resurrection
Passion Narratives
- Matthew 26:1-2 (Delivered Up for Crucifixion)
- Matthew 26:3-5 (Plotting Against Jesus)
- Matthew 26:6-13 (Sorting Out Anointings, Times and Simons)
- Matthew 26:6-13 (The Anointing in Bethany: Sorting Out Marys)
- Matthew 26:9-13 (Love and Sacrifice: Mary and Judas)
- Matthew 26:9-13 (You Always Have the Poor; Embracing Sacrifice)
- Matthew 26:14-15 (God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Free Will)
- Matthew 26:13-16 (Mary Memorialized; How Satan Enters In)
- Matthew 26:14-16 (Thirty Silvers)
- Matthew 26:17 (Passion Week Chronology Part 1)
- Matthew 26:17 (Passion Week Chronology Part 2)
- Matthew 26:17-19 (Preparation for the Passover)
- Matthew 26:20-21 (The Different Gospel Emphases of the Last Passover)
- Matthew 26:21-25 (Deeply Grieved, …or Not)
- Matthew 26:24-25 (Woe to Judas; The Danger of Suicide)
- Matthew 26:24-25 (God’s Condescension to the Free Will of Man)
- Matthew 26:25 (You Have Said It Yourself)
- Matthew 26:26 (The Lord’s Supper: This Is My Body)
- Matthew 26:26 (The Bread of the Presence)
- Matthew 26:26 (Breaking Bread)
- Matthew 26:26-29 (The Communion of Christ’s Body)
- Matthew 26:26-28 (The Four Cups of Passover)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (My Blood of the Covenant)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (Christ’s Sacrifice for Our Forgiveness: Penal or Heroic?)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (Old Testament Sacrifices; Justice and Atonement)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (Christ’s Blood Renders Powerless the Devil)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (Summary: The Sin from Which Christ Saves Us)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (The Ransom of Christ’s Suffering and Christ’s Death)
- Matthew 26:27-28 (The New Testament in Christ’s Blood)
- Matthew 26:29 (Drinking Anew The Fruit of the Vine in God’s Kingdom)
- Matthew 26:20-35 (Other Happenings During and After the Last Supper)
- Matthew 26:30 (They Sang a Hymn)
- Matthew 26:30 (Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs)
- Matthew 26:31 (You Will All Fall Away)
- Matthew 26:32 (I Will Go Before You to Galilee)
- Luke 22:31-32 (Sifted Like Wheat)
- Matthew 26:33 (Peter’s Bravado)
- Matthew 26:34-35 (Self-Confidence and Denying the Lord)
- Luke 22:35-36 (The Times They Are a Changing)
- Luke 22:35-38 (He Who Has Not…Let Him Buy a Sword)
- Matthew 26:36 (Gethsemane)
- Matthew 26:36 (Secret Prayer in the Garden)
- Matthew 26:37 (Jesus’ Inner Sufferings in the Garden)
- Matthew 26:37, Luk 22:44 (A Man of Sorrows; Jesus’ Agony)
- Matthew 26:38 (Deeply Grieved to the Point of Death)
- Matthew 26:39 (Jesus’ Prayer in the Garden)
- Matthew 26:39-44 (Not As I Will)
- Matthew 26:39-44 (How Jesus Was Heard and His Prayer Answered)
- Matthew 26:40-44 (The Disciples’ Failure; Jesus’ Response)
- Matthew 26:43-46 (Watch and Pray: Jesus’ Victory, the Disciples’ Defeat)
- Matthew 26:45-47 (The Arrival of Christ’s Betrayers)
- Matthew 26:48-49 (Betrayed With a Kiss)
- Matthew 26:50 (With a Kiss Do You Betray the Son of Man?)
- Matthew 26:50 (Judas’ Deception; They Laid Hands on Jesus)
- Matthew 26:51-54, Luke 22:49-51 (Peter Strikes With the Sword)
- Matthew 26:51 (The High Priest’s Slave)
- Matthew 26:52-54 (Jesus’ Fourfold Rebuke of the Sword)
- Matthew 26:54, John 18:11 (Greater Reasons For Not Taking Up the Sword)
- Matthew 26:55-56 (Jesus Addresses His Captors)
- Matthew 26:56 (All the Disciples Left Jesus and Fled)
- Matthew 26:57, John 18:13 (Annas and Caiaphas)
- Matthew 26:57, John 18:19-24 (The First of Six Trials and Their Injustices)
- Matthew 26:58, John 18:15 (Those Who Followed Jesus; More on Jesus’ Trials)
- Matthew 26:59-61 (Jesus’ Informal Trial at Night)
- Matthew 26:59-63 (Jesus Remains Silent)
- Matthew 26:63 (The Primary Charge Against Jesus)
- Matthew 26:64 (Out of Their Own Mouth God Catches the Wise In Their Craftiness)
- Matthew 26:64 (You Will See the Son of Man Coming on the Clouds)
- Matthew 26:65 (The High Priest Rent His Clothes)
- Matthew 26:66 (Judged Guilty)
- Matthew 26:67-68 (Exacting Vengeance on the Presumed Guilty)
- Matthew 26:69-74 (Peter’s Denials)
- Matthew 26:74-75 (The Rooster Crows a Second Time)
- Matthew 26:74-75 (Peter’s Vessel is Broken For the Light to Shine)
- Matthew 27:1 (Jesus’ Formal Trial)
- Luke 22:66-71 (Judged Guilty)
- Luke 22:69-71 (Jesus Christ, the Son of God)
- Matthew 27:2 (Jesus is Bound and Delivered Up to Pilate)
- Matthew 27:3 (Misplaced Expectations)
- Matthew 27:3-4 (Judas’ Remorse)
- Matthew 27:4 (See to That Yourself)
- Matthew 27:4-5 (Judas Despairs)
- Matthew 27:5 (The Despairing End of False Riches)
- Matthew 27:6-8 (Judas’ Greater Sin; What the Priests Did With the Money)
- Matthew 27:7-8 (Hakeldama, the Field of Blood)
- Matthew 27:9-10 (That Which Was Spoken Through Jeremiah)
- Matthew 27:11, Luke 23:1-3, John 18:28-33 (Jesus’ First Trial Before Pilate)
- Luke 23:1-7 (The Conclusion of Jesus’ First Trial Before Pilate)
- Luke 23:8-12 (Jesus’ Trial Before Herod)
- Luke 23:13-25 (How Long Did Jesus’ Trials Take?)
- Matthew 27:12-14, John 18:33-38 (Pilate Wonders)
- John 18:33-38 (Jesus Privately Before Pilate)
- Matthew 27:15-19, John 18:39 (Jewish and Gentile Choices of Two Jesuses)
- Matthew 27:19-22 (Pilate’s Dilemma)
- Luke 23:20-22, John 19:1-5 (Pilate Scourges Jesus to Save Him)
- John 19:1-6 (Behold the Man)
- John 19:7-11 (Authority From Above)
- Matthew 27:23-26, John 19:12-16 (Pilate Yields to the Jews Concerning Jesus)
- Matthew 27:24-26 (The Judgment of Group-think; Barabbas’ Salvation)
- Matthew 27:26-31 (The King in His Glory)
- Matthew 27:31-32 (Those Who Followed Jesus to the Cross)
- Luke 23: 26-31 (Those For Whom We Should Weep)
- Luke 23:32-33, Matthew 27:33,38 (Criminals and Calvary)
- Matthew 27:34 (The Wine Spiked With Gall)
- Matthew 27:35 (Christ’s Tunic)
- Luke 23:34 (Father Forgive…Who? Genuine or Spurious?)
- Matthew 27:36 (Keeping Watch Over Jesus)
- Matthew 27:37 (The Inscription on Jesus’ Cross)
- Matthew 27:39-42 (Jesus’ Final Abuse by His Enemies)
- Matthew 27:41-43 (The Envy and Hatred of Jesus’ Enemies)
- Matthew 27:43, Luke 23:36-37 (The Underlying Misbelief of the Crowd’s Taunts)
- Matthew 27:44, Luke 23:39-43 (Even the Criminals Reproached Jesus)
- Luke 23:39-41 (Salvation From Sin Versus Salvation From the Consequences of Sin)
- Luke 23:40-41 (The Winnowing Fork of Christ’s Spirit on Two Criminals)
- Luke 23:42 (The Prayer of the Dying Robber)
- Luke 23:43 (Jesus’ Answer to the Dying Criminal’s Request)
- Luke 23:43 (The Paradise of Christ’s Kingdom)
- Matthew 27:45 (Darkness Falls Upon All the Land)
- John 19:25-27 (Jesus Honors His Mother)
- John 19:25-27 (Why John?)
- Matthew 27:46 (My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?)
- Matthew 27:47-49 (Elijah and the Messiah)
- John 19:28-30 (Jesus Empties the Cup; The Branch of Hyssop)
- Matthew 27:50, Luke 23:46 (Jesus’ Last Words Before He Died)
- Matthew 27:50, Luke 23:46 (Jesus Dies; The Spirit, Soul and Body at Death)
- Matthew 27:51,54, Mark 15:39, Luke 23:47 (The Centurion’s Proclamations)
- Matthew 27:51 (The Veil Is Torn Asunder)
- Matthew 27:51 (Veiled Glories)
- Matthew 27:51 (The Way Through the Veil)
- Matthew 27:51 (Not Just the Veil was Torn: What Else Was Broken Down)
- Matthew 27:51 (Divorcing Unholy Temples; The Earthquake and the Rock that was Split)
- Matthew 27:51 (Shaking Heaven and Earth; The Rock, Cleft But Unshakeable)
- Matthew 27:52 (The Opening of the Graves and Who Was Raised)
- Matthew 27:53 (Raised From the Dead Or Resurrected?)
- Matthew 27:53 (Entering the Holy City Perfected in Faith)
- Matthew 27:54 (The Soldiers’ Conversion and Belief)
- Matthew 27:55-56 (The Women Ministers From Galilee)
- Matthew 27:56 (Jesus’ Closest Loved Ones at the Cross)
- John 19:31-37 (What Happened at the Cross After Jesus Died)
- John 19:33-37 (The Testimony of John, the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood)
- Matthew 27:57-61 (The Significance of the Tomb Where Jesus Was Interred)
- Matthew 27:57 (Joseph of Arimathea)
- Matthew 27:58 (Joseph and Pilate)
- Matthew 27:58 (What if Jesus Had Been Cremated?)
- Matthew 27:59 (Prepared for Burial)
- Matthew 27:60 (Entombed)
- Matthew 27:60-61 (The Stone is Rolled in Place)
- Matthew 27:62 (Their Eyes Were Opened, and They Knew They Were Naked)
- Matthew 27:62-63 (Doubling Down on the High Sabbath)
- Matthew 27:63-64 (Given Over to Their Fears)
- Matthew 27:64-66 (The Stationing of the Guard at the Tomb)
- Luke 23:56 (Resting and Waiting For God’s Salvation)
The Resurrection and the Great Commission
- Matthew 28:1-10 (Understanding the Different Resurrection Accounts)
- Matthew 28:1 (Reconciling the Women’s Accounts of the Empty Tomb)
- Matthew 28:2-4 (An Angel Rolls Away the Stone)
- Matthew 28:2-7 (Different Perceptions and Different Fears)
- Matthew 28:5-6 (The Angel Proclaims the Resurrection)
- Matthew 28:6 (God’s Perfectly-Timed Revelation of Secret Things)
- Matthew 28:7 (Go Quickly and Tell His Disciples)
- Matthew 28:7 (Where All the Disciples Would See Jesus; Behold, I Have Told You)
- Matthew 28:8 (They Departed Quickly From the Tomb With Fear)
- Luke 24:1-9, John 20:1-2 (After They Left the Tomb)
…lots more to come!
Outline adapted from https://www.churchandgospel.com/2021/07/15/teaching-matthew-an-outline/.
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The study is excellent….! God bless your efforts. Kindly do post study materials from Matthew 28. Thank you!
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