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The always thoughtful John G. Butler writes, “The Gospel of Matthew is a vital connector of the Old Testament to the New Testament. In fact, no book in the New Testament makes a better book to start the New Testament and connect it to the Old Testament than Matthew.” The Old Testament saw Christ in the future; the New Testament sees Christ in fulfillment and the fulfillment of Christ starts in...

There were other women who came to the grave that morning, but Matthew only speaks of these two. • Their identity. The two women both had the same name of Mary—a common name in those days. First, the first Mary. “Mary Magdalene” (Matthew 28:1). She is prominent among the women who followed Christ and ministered to Him. Christ had done much for Mary Magdalene who before she met Christ was plagued with demon possession (Luke 8:2). Second, the second Mary. “The other Mary.” Twice (Matthew 28:1 and Matthew
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