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Matthew 1–2

The Two Testaments

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Is There Anything Particularly Different About Matthew?

Matthew is very concerned to show from start to finish how the eventual Gentile mission turns out to be a fulfillment of Israel's story. Matthew much more than other gospels isvery concerned to try to explain the meaning of different events and quotations. One of my favorite descriptions that I've encountered of Matthew is that it's an instruction manual for prophets, which seems like a paradoxical description but Matthew is very didactic gospel.

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