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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...

One of the slightly puzzling features about the Eschatological Discourse is that, even as Jesus repeatedly exhorts his disciples to watch and to be ready for his return,73 he does not explicitly say why it is so important to watch. On at least two counts, of course, this is not a problem. First, Jesus is the Master and now the risen Lord. What he says matters to his disciples, and we are not in a position to object or to debate. If he says that we should watch
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