An Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
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Overview
Relying on the Greek and Armenian translations, the author illuminates the Gospel of Matthew in the light of historical events. Comparing Matthew with the rest of the synoptic gospels, Alfred Plummer addresses the Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in Christ.
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- Relies on the Greek and Armenian translations
- Illuminates the Gospel of Matthew in the light of historical events
- Compares the Gospel of Matthew with the rest of the gospels
Top Highlights
“The gospel of the Kingdom was not a gospel of indulgence.’2 He was not a fanatical revolutionary, but a Divine Restorer and Reformer.” (Page 75)
“the main point is not so much their method of deception as their great success: ‘they will lead many astray’” (Page 330)
“cannot plead that he was unable to hear. The word was brought to him, and he rejected it.” (Page 196)
“He was nothing but the member of a very ordinary family, and what right had He to teach them new ways of life?” (Page 199)
“. What is meant here is acute sufferings which are likely to increase.” (Page 330)
A work eminently suited to meet the needs of English readers, and which none can study without receiving profit and edification.
—Church Times
The most useful English work on St. Matthew that has appeared in our generation. It is exactly the book for which students have been waiting for many years. Indispensable to the student of the Gospels as the best 'Commentary,' on St. Matthew in the English language.
—Guardian
Dr. Plummer's 'Commentary' is a masterly specimen, and is a masterpiece of its category.
—Homiletic Review
- Title: An Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
- Author: Alfred Plummer
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date: 1910
- Pages: 451
- Resource Type: Commentaries
- Topic: Matthew
Alfred Plummer was Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and Late Master of University College, Durham.
