Of Jesus Christ's life, including what happened after He ascended. He states the purpose in the first four verses in his Gospel as to provide Theophilus a reliable and precise record of the history 24), is probably the author of both volumes. However, Luke, 'the beloved physician' and companion of Paul The Gospel of Luke like its companion volume, Acts of the Apostles, is anonymous.

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Particularization and climax, inclusion, and chiasmus. His style also includes repetition of contrast and comparison, 'Lord's Prayer' (6:9-13), the seven parables (chapter 13), and the genealogy's format of fourteen (7 x 2) generations (1:1-17). Matthew is fond of various numerical patterns, such as the seven petitions in the Matthew uses frequent Semitisms in such a manner that avoids awkwardness and harsh expressions and retains theįlow of a eloquent Greek style. Is second only to Luke's Gospel (19,482 words) in the Greek New Testament. Matthew's Greek writing style is relatively easy to read, much more so than Luke's, if not only because of the difference in their vocabularies! The length of Matthew's Gospel (18,345 words) Highlights the Messiahship of Jesus and the majestic forward movement of the Kingdom. He groups incidents and discourses together in a manner which One of his major purposes for writing his gospel: Jesus is the Messiah in whom was fulfilled the Law and the prophets. Matthew quotes extensively from the Scriptures, especially the prophetic books more than sixty quotations of (or strong allusions to) the Scriptures. He essentially alternates five blocks of narrative with five of discourse, marking each off with the phrase 'When Jesus had finished' (7:28 11:1 13:53 19:1 26:1). Matthew's literary structure is easily discerned, for large blocks of Jesus' thematic instruction is dispersed within his narrative. However, attribution of this Gospel to Apostle Matthew dates to the earliest surviving patristic testimonies, and there is no evidence that any

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