5:1–2 These verses along with 7:28–8:1 provide the narrative setting for the sermon (cf. Baxter 2004; Keegan 1982). Once again Matthew presents Jesus doing something significant on a mountain (cf. Ito 1994), which probably reflects an intended typological relationship between Jesus and Moses (compare the following verses in Matthew with Exod. 19–20; 34: Matt. 4:8; 14:23; 15:29; 17:1; 24:3; 28:16; see also Allison 1993b: 172–80; Baxter 1999;
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