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This commentary carefully expounds the original Greek text and theology of the book of Matthew. Dr. Gibbs employs a narrative approach that carefully attends to the literary structure of Matthew’s Gospel. He interprets the text in light of the original cultural and religious context in which Matthew wrote, as well as the audience for whom he wrote. Gibbs focuses on two themes throughout the...

And when he had stretched his hand over his disciples, he said: “Look, [here are] my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven—he is my brother and sister and mother. This sense of “brother” is completely typical. A strong case can be made that every figurative or metaphorical use of “brother” (ἀδελφός) in Matthew refers to a disciple of Jesus. Even when Jesus speaks of receiving him by receiving a child, this happens “in [his] name” (18:5), that is, because
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