...An Exegesis of Matthew An Exegesis of Matthew 5:1-12 Matthew 5:1-12, commonly known as the Beatitudes, has been loved by every generation since first pronounced by Christ two thousand years ago. Matthew writes this record of the life, ministry and teaching of Jesus, and he places this message soon after Jesus' baptism and calling of the disciples. The Beatitudes are the opening section of the Sermon on the Mount, the longest recorded teaching during Christ's lifetime. We will begin by looking at this section as it lays within the book of Matthew and then go to a more in-depth exegetical study. Literary Context The most popular approach to Matthew's structure is the presentation of five major discourses, each ending with a formula statement that is foreign to other Biblical discourses, placed in a framework of narrative[1] (Talbert 15). In fact, "the five discourses are so clearly marked, from a literary point of view, that it is well-nigh impossible to believe that Matthew did not plan them" (Carson 63). Each of these discourses brings forth a topic of central importance for both the gospel rendition of the historical Jesus and the later experience of the church (Batdorf 26). The narrative section leading to the first discourse, from Matthew 3:1 to 4:25, chronicles not simply the biography of a man preparing for ministry, but the establishment of Messianic history and authority. We come to an understanding of Matthew's first and foremost discourse, the Sermon on the Mount...
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... The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of sayings and teachings of Jesus. These teachings stress the importance of His moral teaching found in the Gospel of Matthew. It is the first of the Five Discourses of Matthew and takes place relatively early in the Ministry of Jesus. It also happened after he preached in Galilee and John the Baptist had baptized him. In Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew noted that Jesus began to preach a message of repentance because the kingdom of heaven was near. Jesus moved to the city of Capernaum from Nazareth to reach a larger audience. Matthew 4:17, “From that time Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” The phrase ‘from that time’ refers to the arrest of John the Baptist. From this event, Jesus chose to launch His public ministry. Matthew goes on to talk about the calling of the first disciples, Simon Peter, and his brother Andrew, who were fishing. (Matthew 4:18-20). Jesus promised them that He would make them fishers of men. Jesus was beginning to build His kingdom. Jesus then called James and John fishermen, who were tending to their nets in their boat. (Matthew 4:21-22). In Matthew 4:23-25, Jesus went around the region proclaiming the message of the kingdom. He healed people and the people responded from far away. Matthew 5:1. “Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them saying...” It was custom that...
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...The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5: 1-12) Name: Tutor: Date: The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5: 1-12) The Sermon on the Mount appears in the gospel of St Matthew and it stretches all the way from chapters 5-7. This study will only focus on the beatitudes, which appear in Mathew (5: 1-12). The Sermon appears in no other place in the entire bible and the closest equivalent being the Sermon on the plain found in the gospel of St Luke (6:17-49). According to (Kendall, 2011) Saint Matthew authored the book of Matthew, which contains the Sermon on the Mount. St Matthew or Levi as referred to by Mark (2:14) and Luke (5:27) was the son of Alpheus, born in Capernaum. Capernaum was a town found near the shore of the Galilean sea. St Matthew was a patron of Tax collectors, meaning he was originally a tax collector by profession in the service of the Roman Empire. In his service, he learned different languages such as Hebrew and Greek that came of great use to him. According to (Greenman and Larsen, 2007) the Roman tax collection system was engulfed in corruption and fraud therefore people perceived the tax collectors to be extremely corrupt and unclean. The tax collectors fraudulently charged extortionist amounts and were hostile to the Romans in the way they collected the taxes. In Matthew (9:9), Jesus finds Matthew sitting in his office and calls him to become one of his disciples. He became a disciple and spread Christianity even after the...
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...Matthew 5 is commonly referred to in Christian circles as the “Beatitudes”. To show you how ill-informed I am; I didn’t know that the term “Beatitudes” by definition means “heightened happiness” or “supreme blessedness” until I read this week’s lesson. When we speak using the term “Beatitudes” are we not attempting to explain what Jesus told the world on the banks of the Sea of Galilee so many years ago. That rules outlined in the “Beatitudes” are exactly the same today and just as true today as they were on the shore line of the Sea of Galilee. We learn in the “Beatitudes that “there may be trouble all around us, that many of us have suffered trouble in our past and it’s very likely that we will face some form of trouble in our futures; but even as strange as it sounds in times of trouble we can still know true happiness. We have available to us true happiness; why, because when we accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we were blessed. When you were blessed, you received the following from God “divinely given contentment...
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...Week 5 Questions 1. What are the main characteristics of Matthew and Mark? Use the material from the video lecture and your own insights from reading these Gospels. Mathew and Mark complement each other by being complete opposites. The Gospel of Matthew is the first of the 4. He left his position as a tax collected for the government to follow the Messiah. Matthew provides us with a historic record from Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem to his development along with fulfillment of his ministry by a very systematic approach. His book emphasizes Jesus teachings but also what he did. Also, Matthew utilized number sets of 3, specifically profound of the numbers 3, 5, 7. Mark on the other hand couldn’t be more opposite. His Gospel moves quickly from miracles to conflict. Marks approach tended to be more sporadic and less attuned to lists or an organization structure. Although, his Gospel is filled with action. His style was worded perfectly in our video lecture, “as being a man of breathless excitement.” Mark primarily affirms the identity as Jesus as the Son of God, dramatically interplaying miracles and conflict showing Jesus true unmistakable power and greatness. The beauty in these to Gospels is that they leave nothing out and represent the king of Kings as it should be. By being complete opposites their complement rests on being everything the other is not. Thus Mathew’s strengths plays into the Mark’s weaknesses’ and vice versa. Although the combination sets...
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...the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16 (English Standard Version Study Bible) The Lamp on a Stand is a short two verse parable in the Gospel of Matthew, part of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount is the first of five major discourses in the Gospel of Matthew (English Standard Version Study Bible). During this Sermon, Jesus is talking to His disciples (5:1) about the Kingdom of Life and how it applies to their everyday world. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus expounds on how a Christian, who believes in Christ as their Lord and Savior, ought to live in this life. These teachings are challenging, but they are also practical and ethical; providing a framework for His followers. In the beginning of the Sermon, Jesus provides His disciples with the beatitudes, following with a commission, which includes the Lamp on a Stand parable. Before the Lamp parable is the comparison with salt (5:13); Jesus says that his disciples are the salt of the earth. He uses salt because salt is beneficial for many different things, which is how the disciples are going to influence the world. Jesus says that salt that becomes dull is useless except to be thrown out and trampled down by the people, warning...
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...I learned all about Jesus Christ in this some lessons in our Christian Living subject with our subject in-charge Ma. Imelda Grace G. Daña RVM. First, I learned about the Four Gospel: One Message of Lesson 1 of our subject. St. Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, stress two important facts about gospel: there is no other gospel and that the gospel he and the other apostles preach came from Jesus Christ. The Gospel writers are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Matthew, Mark and Luke are Synoptic Gospels because it explains about Jesus’ Humanity. John’s Gospel explains about Jesus’ Divinity. The account of Jesus teaching His audience about the values of the kingdom contained in the Beatitudes and the many new laws on praying, almsgiving, and fasting is presented in both gospels. Matthew calls this event “Sermon on the Mount” while Luke calls it “Sermon on the Plain”. Matthew’s audience is predominantly Jewish so he wanted to show them that Jesus is the Promised Savior, the God-Son who, like the Father who gave the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai also gives the Beatitudes and the new laws on praying, fasting, and almsgiving on mount. Luke has for his audience the Greeks so Jesus must be presented to them as someone who accepts and treats everyone “Jews and Gentiles” equally. Dei Verbum urges that the sacred authors told us the honest truth about Jesus Christ. In what He did and taught for our eternal salvation. This is the Good News, the Gospel and there is no other. Jesus is the good...
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...origin is that God created all things from nothing. Everything from the heavens and the earth; light and dark; land and water; vegetation and living creatures; and finally man. (Genesis 1:1-25) God decided to make man in his own image to have dominion over all creatures on the earth. Mankind came into existence by God forming him from nothing, too. (Genesis 2:7) Worldview of identity is that all humans are made in the likeness and the image of God. (Genesis 9:6) As for humans being more important than animals; yes, God tells us to reign over all living creatures. (Genesis 1:28) Christians believe that our purpose on this earth is to know God and fear him while keeping his commandments. (Ecclesiastes 12:13) Christians ask at times, why do I exist? We exist to have a true intimate relationship with God. We are to love the Lord our God with everything that we are. (Matthew 22:37) As Christians, we believe the worldview of morality is that knowing the right things to do but not do them is a sin. (James 4:17) Knowing the difference between right and wrong though the scriptures of the bible teaches us how to live our lives. And how should we live our lives? By following the Bible, God's commandments and the beatitudes, which show us how to live a blessed life, given to us from God. (Matthew 5:3-11) Worldview of destiny is that we have eternal life through Jesus Christ. (John 3:16) We know that after we die we will have a place in Heaven to be with our Lord and Savior. (John...
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...CWV-101: Finding Scripture: Humanity and Ethics Worksheet and Journal #4 Module 4 - Part 1 Finding Scriptures: Humanity and Ethics Worksheet For Part 1 of this assignment, you will complete this worksheet by finding the Scriptures listed below. Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Give a brief summary after each passage listed below. Humanity: Genesis 1:26-27 – God made man in his image. He gave man authority to rule over all creatures of the earth. Genesis 2:7 – God made man out of the dust of the earth and gave him life. Psalm 139:14 – Mankind praises God of how he/she were created. Matthew 5:3-16 – Jesus speak on blessings (The Beatitudes) on The Sermon on The Mount. He also encourage believers to let people see you praising and testifying of God’s goodness. Galatians 5:22-23 – The Holy Spirit gives spiritual virtues to all believers; which is the Fruits of the Spirit. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining how the five passages above might shape the Christian worldview: God made man in his image and he gave him authority of all living creatures of the earth. In return, mankind thanked and praise God for breathing the breath of life into their being. Because we are new believers in Christ, Jesus blessed us with The Beatitudes and the Fruits of The Sprits. He stated do not be afraid to let the world know that you...
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...death in advance as the climax of his mission? Or did he experience panic and even succumb to the fear that ‘all might come to nothing’? We can glean some answers by taking matters in stages,” (147). I think this is the thesis because this chapter states how Jesus appear to have understood his death by exploring different “stages”. In each section, O’ Collins compares the differences in each Gospel and states his own points about each “state” in Jesus’ death. Methodology: Source: Mark, Luke, Isaiah, John, Matthew, Acts, the beatitude and the Lord’s Prayer, Paul, Exodus, Psalms, Wisdom, Maccabees, S. McKnight, R. Bauckham, Martin Hengel and M. Bockmuehl. Audience: In this chapter, O’Collins does not state what the audience is. It seems that the audience should be all religious followers. Argument and Summary of Main Points: What Jesus Said of Himself In this section, O’ Collins states that the Parable of the Vineyard and the Tenants (Mark 12”1-12) is the only parable in which Jesus spoke clearly about his own mission. In the parable, the vineyard owner is God, and the tenant farmers are the leaders of Israel, and the servants who try to collect the owner’s share in the produce are the prophets. However, the farmers mistreat these agents of the owner, and even kill some of them. Finally, the owner (God) sends his son who is Jesus, but farmers also kill Jesus (148). After this parable, Jesus said “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and...
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...that it is through complete submission to Allah also called the Greater Jihad that an individual may achieve inner peace. The Quran states clearly that in order to achieve world peace, all people must submit to Allah as they believe all people of the Muslim community around the world are one community. They believe that there can be no world/universal peace or the lesser Jihad without the greater Jihad which is misunderstood by many Islamic and non-Islamic people. The NT of the Christian bible’s idea of peace is derived from the two major Jewish understandings; one being the fifth commandment and the other is the Jewish translation of the word ‘peace’. The fifth commandment; “thou shall not kill”, found in Exodus 20:13 is mentioned in Matthew 5:21-26 in which Jesus refers to it not as...
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...would guide a marketer as they developed advertisements that would be considered within the boundaries of “good advertising.” Keywords: good advertising, advertising ethics, corporate social responsibility Good Advertising or Not? Advertisements Advertisements are an important vehicle designed to promote or help sell a product, service or idea (Young, 2014, p.35). As a dimension of IMC, advertising is “…most often associated with offenses that attract attention from critics and regulators alike” (Young, 2014, p.34). This can be contributed to the powerful effect whether perceived or not that ads have in persuading, influencing, disputing and or changing. According to Karp (1974), “Advertising can be that magnetic force” (p.1). Ad’s meanings, interpretations, and controversies can have adverse effects on consumers, societies and economies. There are laws, rules and guidelines in place to help protect the interests and rights of consumers, competing firms, affiliations and even the free speech of advertisers. Good Advertising Despite designed preventive measures, of course, the consequences of deceptive and abusive advertising have resulted compensated harm and convicting lawbreakers. But, fortunately, the majority of ads overall, past or present, are considered as positive experiences which have created favorable impressions, emotional appeal, enormous benefits and high profits. But what constitutes “good advertising”? Are there standards to meet? Better...
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...will be graded for accuracy, so take time to seek the correct answers for this study guide before you attempt the quiz. The quiz will be administered in class. Please type your answers below each question. 1. Read the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. a. Briefly list the commandments. * I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. * You shall have no other gods before me. * You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. * You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. * Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. * Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. * You shall not murder. * You shall not commit adultery. * You shall not steal. * You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. b. How do the first four commandments differ from the last six? Commandments 1–4 teach love for God. Commandments 5–10 teach love for others. 2. Read the Beatitudes, the blessings of Jesus in the opening verses of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5:1-12. Which one is repeated and emphasized? “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who are...
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...of the speaker was important; the logos (logic) behind any conclusions drawn by the speaker during the course of the speech needed to be valid and clear; and the pathos (emotional appeals) were important in making human connections between the speaker and the listener. In the Bible there are many examples of this process. “And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth and taught them saying, Blessed are the poor is spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.” (Thompson King James Version Bible, Psalm 139:1-10)This familiar passages is taken from Matthew 5:1-5. It is also known at the Beatitudes. The speaker in this scripture is Jesus. This is one of the first speeches Jesus made. Speeches have been around for a very long time. A speech is used for many reasons. In this speech Jesus is letting the people know that it is a blessing available to those who believe. This speech is a way to get people to...
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...The Lord Prayer The Bible verse that I have chosen for my Exegesis paper is Matthew 6:9-13. This verse states: (KJV) 9 After this manner therefore pray ye; Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us our day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and glory, forever. Amen I have include an excerpt from my thematic paper in reference to the author of this verse. I find that it is important and is relating to the structure of the Gospel and the verse. Matthew: Many sources have the Gospel of Matthew being written in Hebrew and its intended audience were the Jews. Many people say “there are no Hebrew manuscripts of this text.” Upon further investigation this is true to an extent. This question first arose in the 16th Century by the Dutch Theologian and patristic scholar Desiderius Erasmus.” He concluded that there was no evidence of an Aramaic or Hebrew original of Matthews Gospel; it is ineffective to argue Matthews Gospel originally appeared in Aramatic and was translated to Greek.” Matthew’s Gospel relies heavily on the quotations and prophecies from the Old Testament, some believe that the author was a Jew who wrote his gospel for other Jews. We later learned that the Gospel was written in Greek and the Old Testament references were taken...
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