Matthew, the apostle, came to follow Christ from his first career as a tax-collector.  In the painting to the right, Jesus, dressed in the red robe, is calling the publican Matthew from his tax shop.

Matthew's gospel is notable for its emphasis on Jesus as the Messiah, the establisher of the Kingdom of God.  In doing this, Matthew seems to be speaking to a particularly Jewish audience.  He places more emphasis (and less explanation) on Jewish customs and scriptures than do his peers.

Written without a doubt before A.D. 110 since Ignatius quotes the gospel in that year, Matthew probably wrote somewhere in the mid first century.

The Bare Facts

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Memorable Passages

Overviews and Outlines

Introduction

An overview by David Malick

Argument of Matthew

David Malick's rhetorical outline.

Matthew: Introduction, Argument, and Outline

Daniel Wallace's overview of the gospel.

Matthew--Introduction

A lengthy introduction to the book prepared for the New American Bible web site by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Early Christian Writings--Matthew

A source with much useful information but an overall "Higher Criticism" orientation.

Bible Studies: Whole Book

Darby's Synopsis--Matthew

John Darby's chapter-by-chapter look at Matthew.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

The relevant section of Henry's great commentary.

A Textual Commentary on the Greek Gospels

A very long (438-page) and very technical discussion of the book's text.  Written by Wieland Willker, about whom I know nothing more.

The Geneva Study Bible--Matthew

The text of the 1599 Geneva Bible along with its study notes.

Gill's Exposition of the Bible--Matthew

A chapter-by-chapter commentary by John Gill.

Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary--Matthew

The classic commentary on the entire Bible.

The People's New Testament--Matthew

The relevant chapter from B.W. Johnson's 1891 book.

Robertson's Word Pictures--Matthew

The relevant sections from the 1932 book.

Commentary on the New Testament

A long file containing the comments of John Roberts.

Commentary by David Guzik

A chapter-by-chapter commentary by a Calvary Chapel pastor.

Notes on Matthew

This pdf file contains notes maintained by Dr. Thomas Constable of Dallas Theological Seminary.

Marsh Bible Commentary

This link goes to chapter one of the commentary.  You can click through to the other chapters.

Matthew Commentary

This chapter-by-chapter look at Matthew is from ProphecyUpdate.com.

David Guzick Commentary--Blue Letter Bible

This chapter-based commentary is by a Calvary Chapel pastor based in Germany.

Bible Studies: Part of Book

Errors in the Greek Text behind Modern Translations? The case of Matthew 1:7, 10

Textual study by Daniel Wallace

A Mishnaic Commentary on Matthew 1.19

A commentary by Daniel Wallace.

The Issue of Forgiveness in the Sermon on the Mount

A lesson by Greg Herrick

The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)

An article by the Greek Orthodox Rev. George Mastrantonis.

The Sermon on the Mount

An series of articles prepared by Roger Shinn for Religion Online.

The Sermon on the Mount: Jeremias

A 1959 book, originally in German, by Joachim Jeremias.

The Lord's Prayer: Jeremias

A 1964 translation of a German original by Joachim Jeremias.  It covers the Lord's Prayer in both Matthew and Luke.

The Lord's Prayer

A book-length study, first published in 1692, by Thomas Watson.

Dealing with Temptation (Matt. 4:4)

A lesson by Greg Herrick.

The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12)

A lengthy study by Thomas Watson.

The Subjects of the Kingdom and Their Influence in the World (Matt. 5:13-16)

A lesson by J. Hampton Keathley III

The Fatal Failures of Religion: Matt. 5-7 (lessons 20-25)

A lesson from Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ" course.

The Light of the World (5:14-16)

A sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

Matthew 6: The Practice of Righteousness

A lesson by Hampton Keathly IV

Jesus on Prayer (6:5-8)

A sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

God or Mammon (6:19-24)

A sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

The Perspectives of Faith in the Kingdom of God (Matt. 6:19-34)

A lesson by Greg Herrick

A Mishnaic Commentary on Matthew 9.23-24

A commentary by Daniel Wallace.

The Call to Discipleship: An Invitation to Rest (Matt. 11:25-30)

A lesson by J. Hampton Keathley III.

The "Outer Darkness"-Heaven’s Suburb or Hell? Matt 22:13

A lesson by Hampton Keathly IV

After Liberation, What? (Matthew 22:34-46)

An article, originally published in Christian Century, by Delores S. Williams.

Is Self Love Biblical? (Matt. 22:39)

A lesson by Daniel Wallace

The Second Advent Pre-Millenial (Matthew 24:27)

One piece of E.W. Bullinger's Ten Sermons on the Second Advent.

No Millenium [sic] Without Christ (Matthew 24:29,30)

One piece of E.W. Bullinger's Ten Sermons on the Second Advent.

The Parables in the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 25)

A lesson by Hampton Keathly IV

The Judgment of the Quick and the Dead (Matthew 25:31,32)

One piece of E.W. Bullinger's Ten Sermons on the Second Advent.

The Biography of the Betrayer: Matt. 26 (lesson 29)

A lesson from Bob Deffinbaugh's "Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ" course.

A Mishnaic Commentary on Matthew 26.29 and 39

A commentary by Daniel Wallace.

 

Bible Studies: Thematic

The Kingdom in Matthew

A lesson by D. Matthew Allen

The Messianic Banquet and the Eschatology of Matthew

A lesson by Daniel Steffan of Central American Theological Seminary.

Matthew's Use of the Old Testament: A Preliminary Analysis

A study by Lee Campbell of Xenos Christian Fellowship.

Sermons

Spurgeon's Sermons

The relevant sermons preached by C.H. Spurgeon.  Only some of the listed sermons have links to the actual sermon text.

David Simpson's Sermons

Text and audio links to this Calvary Chapel pastor's sermons.

Robert Brow's Sermons

Fifty sermons covering almost every passage in Matthew.

Bill Baldwin's Sermons

An incomplete series of sermons on Matthew's gospel.

Don Fortner's Sermons

A collection of sermons (not a series) by Don Fortner.

Ken Ortize Sermons

A very long series--50 plus--on Matthew.

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney

You'll find links to 5 sermons on the Sermon on the Mount.

Children's Sermons Archives--Matthew

Links to 39 children's sermons by Charles Kirkpatrick.  Scroll down to find them.

Ken Gehrels

Links to over 50 sermons, spanning the entire book in considerable detail.  

Bibliographies

A Selected Bibliography

David Malick's bibliography for Matthew.

The Gospel of Matthew

A 1982 book, published by The Upper Room, and authored by William R. Cannon.

 

To Process

Matthew (18/4)
Matthew (18/4 TC)
Matt 1:18-25 (12/4 TC)
Matt 2:1-15 (9/4 TC)
Matt 2:19-23 (9/4 TC)
Matt 3:1-12 (12/4 TC)
Matt 3:13-17 (9/4 TC)
Matt 4:1-11 (16/1 TC)
Matt 4:12-23 (9/4 TC)
Matt 5:1-48 (4/1 TC)
Matt 5:48 (19/3 TC)
Matt 6:1-8 (10/1 TC)
Matt 6:5-15 (22/1 TC)
Matt 6:13-26 (13/3 TC)
Matt 6:24-34 (4/1 TC)
Matt 11:2-11 (12/4 TC)
Matt 11:2-11 (19/2 TC)
Matt 18:15-35 (13/3 TC)
Matt 18:21-35 (4/4 TC)
Matt 20:1-16 (4/4 TC)
Matt 20:1-16 (13/3 TC)
Matt 20:17-28 (16/1 TC)
Matt 21:1-11 (12/4 TC)
Matt 21:1-17 (19/2 TC)
Matt 21:28-43 (4/4 TC)
Matt 22:1-14 (4/4 TC)
Matt 24:36-44 (19/2 TC)
Matt 24:37-44 (12/4 TC)
Matt 28:20 (19/3 TC)

A Practical Exposition of the Lord's Prayer - 13 sermons (mostly inherited from Werner Peters)

The Temptation of Christ - 7 sermons (donated by Werner Peters)

The Transfiguration of Christ - 7 sermons (donated by Werner Peters)