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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.

5. Then the devil took him up.] 2. Second temptation. a. Order of events. St. Luke [4:5 ff.] inverts the order of the second and third temptation found in the first gospel. Hence a number of authorities believe that the third gospel gives the true chronological order of temptations. Reasons: The external evidence is represented by the names of gloss. ord. Pasch. Alb. Reischl, Coleridge, Grimm, Knab. etc.; the internal grounds are the fact that St. Luke promises to write “in order” [1:3], and the
Matthew 4:5