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- Matthew talks about the breakthrough of the kingdom and the arrival of Jesus in His incarnation. He announces the coming of the kingdom at the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, and at the end of the book Matthew speaks about the final consummation of the coming of that kingdom in the Olivet Discourse.
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Jul 13, 2010 · In Matthew’s case, he uses the phrase “kingdom of heaven” rather than the terminology “kingdom of God.” He does this not because he has a different view of the meaning or content of the kingdom of God; rather, out of sensitivity to his Jewish readers, he makes common use of what is called periphrasis , a certain type of circumlocution ...
Jun 2, 2023 · The kingdom of heaven.—The phrase is used by St. Matthew about thirty times, and by him only among the New Testament writers. In the Greek the form is plural, “the kingdom of the heavens,” probably as an equivalent for the Hebrew word, which was dual in its form.
Unlike the other Gospels, Matthew's was written primarily for a Jewish audience. God's name is never invoked casually by religious Jews, so Matthew avoided the problem by referring to the Kingdom of God as the Kingdom of Heaven. He used an explicit "God" when actually talking about God, but had no need to use that name when referring to the ...
Kingdom of heaven (Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν) is a phrase used in the Gospel of Matthew. It is generally seen as equivalent to the phrase "kingdom of God" (Greek: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ) in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke.
May 1, 2004 · Matthew mentions the “kingdom of God” four times in his gospel. He mentions the “kingdom of heaven” thirty-three times. The term “kingdom” is used seventeen additional times. 35 Obviously, then, God’s kingdom is a central theme of Matthew’s gospel.
- In this brief survey of the various theological viewpoints on the Kingdom of God, I examine first the critical-historical debate. I then turn to th...
- In Matthew 11, the imprisoned John the Baptist has heard of Jesus’s teachings and miracles, and he sent several disciples to ask whether Jesus was...
- By now, it should not be surprising that there are many views on the proper interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount. If the kingdom is solely fut...
- Although Jesus’s teachings during the first part of his ministry, as recorded in Matthew, focused on the presently inaugurated aspects of the kingd...
- What does all this mean? It seems to me that the following points can be concluded from the teachings on the kingdom in Matthew’s gospel:1. The kin...
Luke 15:18 comes closer to Matthew’s use when the prodigal, in rehearsing his repentance speech, says, “I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.”
Mark, Luke and John use “the kingdom of God” in every case, but Matthew has the form “the kingdom of heaven” thirty-two times and “the kingdom of God” only four times (Matt 12:28; 19:24; 21:31, 43). Either Matthew has corrected the phrase used by Jesus in accordance with Jewish use, or the other gospels have substituted the phrase ...
