http://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/api.php?days=7&limit=50&hidecategorization=1&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomAnabaptistwiki - Recent changes [en]2024-03-28T16:08:33ZTrack the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed.MediaWiki 1.35.2http://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Matthew&diff=22337&oldid=22297Matthew2024-03-25T21:28:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Structure</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Richard Gardner’s explanation of the literary structure of Matthew includes two intriguing analogies (Gardner: 22–23). First, Matthew is like a house where added rooms have made the structure more complex. A repeated phrase in Matthew 4:17 and 16:21 helps audiences navigate the enlarged floorplan: “From that time Jesus began to . . .” The first main part of the narrative (1:1–4:16) focuses on presenting Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God. The narrator then announces a new focus: “From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the reign of heaven has come near’” (4:17 AT). Audiences then hear an extended report of Jesus’ proclamation of the reign of heaven in word and deed as well as varied responses to that proclamation. A third focus begins in 16:21 without canceling the previous two: “From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” Although Jesus is still in Galilee at that point, attention shifts toward Jerusalem and the suffering that awaits him there. This analysis suggests a three-part outline:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Richard Gardner’s explanation of the literary structure of Matthew includes two intriguing analogies (Gardner: 22–23). First, Matthew is like a house where added rooms have made the structure more complex. A repeated phrase in Matthew 4:17 and 16:21 helps audiences navigate the enlarged floorplan: “From that time Jesus began to . . .” The first main part of the narrative (1:1–4:16) focuses on presenting Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God. The narrator then announces a new focus: “From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the reign of heaven has come near’” (4:17 AT). Audiences then hear an extended report of Jesus’ proclamation of the reign of heaven in word and deed as well as varied responses to that proclamation. A third focus begins in 16:21 without canceling the previous two: “From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” Although Jesus is still in Galilee at that point, attention shifts toward Jerusalem and the suffering that awaits him there. This analysis suggests a three-part outline:</div></td></tr>
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