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Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of Matthew

2 5.4
The first book in the Christian Bible that tells Jesus' life and teachings, including the Sermon on the Mount
  • proper noun
translation icon : Evangelio de Mateo
  • The Gospel of Matthew emphasizes the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies in the life of Jesus.
  • chapter of the Gospel of Matthew
  • Gospel of Matthew says

The origin of the phrase is actually from the New Testament, from the Gospel of Matthew.

Examples

  • But like the Gospel of Matthew says: The way is broad that leads to destruction.

    Brimstone (2016)

  • The writer of the Gospel of Matthew records Jesus as saying, "You have heard it said, "love your neighbor and hate your enemy, "but I tell you, love your enemies "and pray for those who persecute you, that you will be children of your Father in heaven," which indicates a commitment to nonviolence.

    God's Not Dead 2 (2016)

  • Let me go to the Gospel of Matthew for an example of this.

    God's Not Dead 2 (2016)

  • In my name, there am I in the midst of them," Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew.

    Blog text (26)

  • The Gospel of Matthew ends with Jesus' Great Commission as he commands his followers to "go and make disciples of all nations."

    Blog text (13)

  • Saint Matthew had been a tax collector called Levi, and in the Gospel of Matthew, Christ appears and says simply to him, Follow me.

  • According to the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus was born in a social context where a cruel king worked on behalf of Rome to ensure Caesar's sovereignty.

    Blog text (27)

  • This is a corruption of the words that Jesus used to praise John the Baptist in the Gospel of Matthew: "Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist" (Matthew 11:11).

    Academic text (2003)

  • The Gospel of Matthew doesn't say how many Magi there were, but since they give three gifts (gold, frankincense, and myrrh), it was generally assumed in the West that there were three important Magi.

    Blog text (34)

  • In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount, which includes some of his most famous teachings.

Synonyms

Matthew
vsGospel of Matthew
176 3.9

The first book of the New Testament that tells about Jesus' life and teachings, including the Sermon on the Mount

focuses on the book's content without mentioning traditional authorship
Gospel According to Matthew
vsGospel of Matthew
4.9

The first New Testament book that tells the story of Jesus's life and teachings, including the Sermon on the Mount

is the same book but uses a different phrasing in the title

Surface Forms

Gospel of Matthew main

Morphology

Gospel + of + Matthew

The meaning is directly compositional: 'gospel' denotes a book about Jesus and 'Matthew' is the name identifying which gospel, so a learner can infer it refers to the Gospel attributed to Matthew. The linking preposition 'of' signals attribution/possession, a cross-linguistically common pattern, making the title readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows the parts.

Etymology

Gospel of Matthew is named from the word gospel, an old word meaning 'good news', and Matthew, a follower of Jesus who is linked to these stories. So the title became the name for the book that tells Jesus' life and teaching, and today it means 'the first book of the New Testament'.