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Matthew's Gospel is the first document in the New Testament—a suitable location, considering some scholars' opinions (for example, Theodor Zahn and Ernest Renan) that it is the pre-eminent piece of literature in antiquity. What sort of book is it? Who is its author, and why did he write it? What historical, literary, and theological contexts influence it? Matthew's Gospel also tells a story of...

separate themselves from each other that the edifice would surely collapse were its owner and builder not holding it together.52 Given its innumerable divisions, the church could never unite against the powers of Hades were it not for its commander-in-chief; and his people would forever remain in thrall to death, were he not to use those keys on their behalf. Verse 19. Peter uses this other set of keys by authority from Jesus: ‘I will give [dōsō, from didōmi] to you.…’ so ‘whatever you bind on earth
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