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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.

16. “The gold of the temple” is either the golden decoration of the temple [Hil. Theoph.], or the golden appointment of the temple [Theod. her. in cat. Euth.], or the gold in the temple treasury [Jer. op. imp. Bed. Pasch. Mald. Jans. Lap. Calm.]. The distinction between the temple and the gold of the temple in swearing is made, first, because the Pharisees really esteemed the gold more than the temple [cf. Apolinar. cat.]; secondly, because the multitude became thus more impressed with the sanctity
Matthew 23:16
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