Knowra Gospel of Matthew Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Matthew is a New Testament narrative of Jesus’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection. Traditionally attributed to Matthew, it presents Jesus as Israel’s Messiah and teacher.
Gospel : A literary proclamation of Jesus’s life and significance, especially in the four canonical New Testament accounts. Matthew belongs to the four canonical narratives that define this literary form.
Fulfillment of prophecy : A Christian interpretive claim that events in Jesus’s life realize expectations or passages in earlier scripture. Matthew repeatedly introduces episodes by saying they fulfill scripture.
Synoptic Gospels : Matthew, Mark, and Luke, whose accounts of Jesus share substantial material and narrative parallels. Matthew’s close overlap with Mark and Luke raises questions about literary dependence.
Matthew the Apostle : One of Jesus’s Twelve apostles, traditionally identified as the author of the Gospel of Matthew. The traditional attribution identifies this apostle with the Gospel’s otherwise anonymous author.
Gospel of Luke : A canonical Gospel presenting Jesus’s life and teachings, with distinctive attention to outsiders and the poor. Luke shares material with Matthew but often arranges and frames it differently.
Jesus in Christianity : The central figure of Christianity, understood by Christians as the Messiah and Son of God. Matthew’s narrative centers on Jesus’s identity, ministry, death, and resurrection.
Genealogy of Jesus : The biblical ancestry lists connecting Jesus to earlier figures, especially David and Abraham. Matthew opens with a genealogy that establishes Jesus’s place in Israel’s history.
Markan priority : The scholarly view that the Gospel of Mark was written before and used by Matthew and Luke. It explains much of Matthew’s shared wording and sequence with Mark.
Augustine of Hippo : A late antique Christian theologian and bishop whose writings shaped Western Christian thought. Augustine defended the traditional order that places Matthew first among the Gospels.
Gospel of John : A canonical Gospel whose distinctive narrative presents Jesus through extended signs and theological discourses. John’s different style and structure clarify the distinctive character of Matthew’s account.
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