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THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 1. Who wrote the Gospel of Matthew 1.1. Internal Evidence The Gospel of Matthew is anonymous: there is no internal, direct evidence for authorship. Sometime early in the second-century the Gospel of Matthew was designated as such. (This at least offers prima facie evidence that the apostle Matthew wrote this work.) As far as internal, indirect evidence is concerned, three ...

The Gospel of Matthew An introduction for preachers William Loader This introduction to Matthew has in mind people who will be using Matthew regularly for preaching. In it I approach Matthew by looking at the opening 5 chapters, where most of the important themes of Matthew already appear or are at least foreshadowed. I begin by looking at Matthew as a whole, then focus on the early chapters as ...

The Gospel of Matthew 1. Who was Author One of the 12 disciples. A tax collector. A Pharisee. 2. Matthew's Gospel was probably written: Between A.D. 60-65 Between A.D. 30-45 Between A.D. 90-110 3. The key verse in this Gospel is: I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak to you of heavenly things (3:12) Do not think that I have come ...

Gospel According to Matthew General Information The Gospel According to Matthew is the opening book of the New Testament of the Bible. Although first in canonical order, it is probably not the earliest Gospel. Besides drawing heavily from the Gospel According to Mark, Matthew shapes material from other sources around Mark's narrative outline. One such source, commonly called Q (from the German ...