Friday, November 30, 2007: Psalm 74; Matthew
Have you found some of the
"when he/Jesus finished..." formula that Matthew seems to use?
They're at 7:28, 11:1, 13:53, 19:1, 26:1. And each of these follows a section where Matthew seems to have grouped teaching material. The pattern seems to be
- narrative (telling the story)
- teaching material
- "when he/Jesus finished..."
Check it out - especially the groupings of teaching material... very interesting. The idea is that Matthew worked within basic the chronological account of Jesus' ministry (eg. compare with Mark) but grouped material in between a prologue (birth/infancy narrative) and epilogue (passion and resurrection account) for teaching / discipleship purposes. There are other theories for how Matthew may have organized his gospel, but I think this explains it best.
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