Article 2 of 2 in the series Unique Features of the Gospels: Matthew
Youth | by Nadia Janssen | Volume 29, Issue 3 | May – June 2023
Matthew’s gospel is not in chronological order. It is referred to as the ‘didactic (instructive) gospel’ and is like a mosaic of the Master’s teachings, given in different places and at different times, but collected together and arranged to show the Lord as the master teacher; one of whom it would be recorded “the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (7:28-29).
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