The Genius of the Gospel of Matthew: What Scholars Say About the First Gospel

If, as scholars maintain, Matthew used the Gospel of Mark as one of his sources, why did he change it so extensively?

Why does Matthew provide a genealogical line of Jesus that he is explicitly said not to be born into?

Does Matthew sometimes misquote the Old Testament or take it out of context in his attempt to prove that Jesus was the messiah?

How are we to understand the Sermon on the Mount? Does Jesus really expect his followers to keep such rigorous teachings? Not ever to get angry? Never to lust?

Matthew is often said to be the “most Jewish” of the Gospels. It is also often described as virulently anti-Jewish. How can it be both?

How was this Gospel used over the years both to shape Christian morality and to instigate horrible persecutions of Jews? Are there right and wrong ways to read this influential book?

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For many, the Gospel of Luke feels familiar—a retelling of Jesus’ life with beloved additions like the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the Rich Man and Lazarus. But what if that familiarity is exactly what’s hiding its most radical insights?

Luke’s Gospel isn’t just “Mark with bonus stories.” It reimagines core elements of Jesus’ life and message in surprising ways: Jesus doesn’t die for sins? The apocalypse isn’t coming soon? Salvation comes through repentance—not sacrifice?

These aren’t subtle tweaks. They represent profound theological reversals that challenge long-held assumptions about Jesus, the nature of God, and what it means to be “saved.”

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