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NT317 Book Study: The Gospel of Matthew is unavailable, but you can change that!

Analyze the Gospel of Matthew as an ancient biography meant to communicate historical information as well as moral, theological, and political lessons. This course is primarily focused on the major themes in Matthew, including cross-cultural ministry, evangelism, Christian education, and making disciples of the nations, while highlighting Jesus’ teaching and His love and patience for His...

Matthew 1:1—literally, it’s “The book of the genesis of Jesus Christ.” This is the Greek translation of Gen 5:1, which speaks of the book of the genesis of someone. You have similar phrases elsewhere in the book of Genesis. But usually Genesis records, in conjunction with this, not the ancestors but the descendants that follow the title. Here, however, it reports Jesus’ ancestors, because even Jesus’ ancestors depend on Him in God’s purpose.
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