Matthew
New Testament · Gospels · 28 chapters
Jesus as the promised Messiah and king, with the Sermon on the Mount, parables of the kingdom, and the call to make disciples of all nations.
DiscipleshipKingshipLaw
Context
- Genre
- Gospel narrative
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to Matthew the apostleThe text is anonymous; the attribution comes from early tradition.
- Date
- c. 70–100 CE
- Original language
- Greek
- In the original
- βασιλείαbasileia — kingdom
- Related texts
- Mark 1–16 · parallel accountLuke 1–24 · parallel accountIsaiah 7 · Isaiah quoted