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When the biblical canon was solidified in the fourth century, Matthew was the most popular and widely-used gospel for many reasons. In the Western church, reasons include the special role it assigned to Peter in relationship to the community of Christ. This gospel was also popular because it begins with a genealogy of Jesus. The gospel of Matthew also contains a more detailed resurrection account...

exercises liberties with it, adding, subtracting, and even substituting for it? Thus a close look at these verses is in order, not least because apart from v. 18, which has a parallel in Luke 16:17/Mark 13:31, this material is unique to this Gospel. We would assume it tells us something about the Evangelist’s emphases. Perhaps we will find here a real clue about the Evangelist’s aims for this Gospel. [A Sapiential Reading of 5:17–20] A Sapiential Reading of 5:17–20 In the famous sayings that follow,
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