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Examining the topological structure of Matthew, A. J. Maas provides careful exposition and discourse of Gospel of Matthew in relationship to the other Synoptic Gospels. Drawing resolutely on the writings of the Early Church Fathers, A. J. Maas establishes the importance of the Gospel of Matthew.

21. From that time Jesus.] 2. Peter’s rebuke. In this section we have first the scandal of Peter, vv. 21–23; then the description of the Christian cross, vv. 24–28. a. Scandal of Peter. “From that time” denotes the period when Jesus had been acknowledged by Peter as the Son of the living God; it was some time after the third Easter in Christ’s public life, about ten months before his death. “Jesus began to show” clearly what till then he had only hinted at [cf. Jn. 2:19; 3:14]: “that he must go to
Matthew 16:21–24