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The original audience for the Gospel of Matthew included converts from Judaism who wrestled with how to be faithful to Jesus Christ under difficult circumstances in a changing world. The Gospel of Matthew became a first-aid manual for this church in the midst of a struggle. Thomas Long identifies this first audience and its faith within the social and religious context of the day and clarifies...

16:24–28 Peter was shocked and offended by the thought that the cross was God’s will for Jesus (Matt. 16:21–23), and now Jesus deepens the offense by reminding the disciples that the cross is God’s will for them, too (Matt. 16:24–26). This is the second time in Matthew that Jesus has called his followers to imitate him by taking up their own crosses (see comments on Matt. 10:38–39), but this time the cross, the symbol of suffering, is paired with a picture of
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