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A single green shoot growing from the stump of an old, cut-down olive tree on a stony Judean hillside at dawn.

The Gospel According to

Matthew Intro

The King the prophets promised has come, and His kingdom is near.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min28 chapters

Images are artistic interpretations.

In 30 seconds

A family tree that leads to a newborn King.

A sermon on a hillside. A kingdom come near.

Healings, parables, and growing opposition.

A cross in Jerusalem, then an empty tomb.

And a mission to every nation on earth.

Tap to go deeper: meaning, history and related Scripture

Who wrote it

Matthew

Tax collector, then one of the Twelve

  • Jesus called him away from his tax booth. Mark and Luke call him Levi.Matthew 9:9
  • The book doesn’t name its writer. From the early 100s, church writers credit Matthew.Papias, via Eusebius
  • Often dated in the AD 60s, some say the 50s; many scholars prefer 80–90.Scholars differ
  • Written mainly for Jewish believers who knew the Hebrew Scriptures well.Most scholars

How it’s built

Five great talks

Sermon on theMountchapters 5–7 · ends7:28Sending theTwelvechapter 10 · ends 11:1Kingdomparableschapter 13 · ends13:53Life togetherchapter 18 · ends 19:1The end of theagechapters 24–25 · ends26:1

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Story and teaching take turns. Each talk closes the same way, ‘When Jesus had finished…’, and the story moves on.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Where it happens

Sea of GalileeGalileeJudeaBethlehemNazarethCapernaumJerusalem

Stylised map · locations approximate

Where it happened

From Bethlehem to Jerusalem

Born in Bethlehem, raised in Nazareth, at work around Capernaum in Galilee. Then the road to Jerusalem.

Meet the cast

Six people to know

Watch for

I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Matthew 5:17

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Question

Quick question

Matthew’s first and last pages hold the same promise.

What promise opens and closes the book?

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