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Author Topic: The Five Discourses of Jesus  (Read 8446 times)

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Re: The Five Discourses of Jesus
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2020, 02:21:06 am »
To get back to the Discourse. 

Let me go a little further into some foundational information about Matthew before I return to an exam of the Second Discourse.   I chose to start with the second discourse as the first discourse is the Sermon on the mount and has so many books, articles, and viewpoints on it I felt in fairness to the other four to leave it to the last.
All four of the Gospels' original manuscripts are considered written anonymously written.  This does not mean that Matthew was not written by Apostle Matthew, it means there is no valid proof one way or another.  The issue is most of the documents that were taught from were written for a specific church audience.  That audience would know the author, so the name of the author was not part of the manuscript.   Logic tells you though if they were going to attribute this Gospel to any Apostle they could and most likely would have picked one of the better known of the twelve.  Instead, it is attributed to a former tax collector apostle that would be barely known without this Gospel.  Accordingly, you can imagine how in our present time authorship of this as well as the other three Gospels is disputed.

The records show that the first known teaching from Matthew took place in Heirapolis Asia Minor in or about 135 CE by Bishop Papias.  Also, there is a history of this Gospel being used in Lyons in Gaul in 175 CE by Bishop Irenaeus.  One thing you will find as you read Matthew is a lot of it is borrowed from Mark or parallels Mark.   This however presents me with issues as Mark was not an apostle and did not walk with Jesus as Matthew had.  There is no reason for Matthew to borrow anything from Mark.  But, then Mark himself did rely extensively on the testimony and teachings of Peter. In a way by borrowing some of his information from Mark, Matthew just added even more credibility to his Gospel.  Enough credibility it was later selected as one of four Gospel to be made canonical.

What is the book of Matthew then?  It is the book of the Kingdom.  It is the story of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded by the apostle Matthew as an eyewitness to his life.  It is the compelling story as witnessed by Matthew of Jesus as the Messiah. It is the promise of true peace and deliverance to both Jew and Gentile alike.  In a nutshell that is Matthew.
Matthew is set apart from the rest of the Gospels as it spent the majority of the book on the five discourses.  While these are not studied in depth beyond the sermon on the mount, they are none the less important to read and understand all five. 

Matthew 1 is the genealogy of Jesus.  It reads very much as Genesis reads.  It was very important to the Jews of that era to have a record of ancestry.  It was so important the church as well as the family’s kept extensive records of who begot who.  This also notes the virgin birth and follows other prophecies as found in the Old Testament.   
So now we know a little more about the authorship and we have Jesus of Nazareth born and his linage.  Let us now look at the second discourse.   The general overview is this discourse focuses on the disciple’s mission to Israel, preparations for a worldwide mission among the Gentiles, and the characteristics that Jesus’ disciples would need to embody as they carry out these missions.

Check back as I start the break down of the scripture itself.  All the foundation has been laid.

I will gladly accept any comments and questions.

 

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