Loading…

Matthew 8–20: A Commentary on Matthew 8–20 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This is the second of a three-volume commentary on the gospel of Matthew from Europe’s leading Matthew scholar. Luz’s commentary is especially noteworthy, not only for his incisive exegesis, but also his keen eye for the importance of the history of interpretations and his attention to the relevance of the New Testament for contemporary Christian ethics. This electronic version features 646...

support this view. First, there is the descending series of the figures in v. 8*67—hundred, sixty, thirty—that would ruin the point of the contrast between the present time of failures and the “abundant” yield that nevertheless results. Second, it is important that in Matthew this parable is not a parable of the kingdom of God, even though he transmits a great many parables as parables of the kingdom of God. Important in the third place is that the parable does not intend to emphasize the great
Page 242
Buy this book at Logos.com