{"title":"Gospel of Matthew: Commentaries \u0026 Top Resources","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eGospel of Matthew\u003c\/strong\u003e presents Jesus as the promised King—fulfillment, discipleship, and the kingdom of heaven. 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Kent Hughes from Matthew 7:7-11 entitled \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/resources\/a\/Ask-Seek-Knock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAsk, Seek, Knock\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eThe Gospel Coalition\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom_the_gospel_coalition\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you want to know what kind of character you should have as a Christian? What ought to define your outer way of life and your inner habit of mind?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the Gospel of Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount speaks directly to those questions, exposing us to truths that stand to test us and bring new relevance to our lives. 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T. (Dick) France's commentary to the pastoral and scholarly community, who should find it a truly exceptional — and helpful — volume.\" So says Gordon Fee in his preface to this work. France's masterful commentary on Matthew focuses on exegesis of Matthew's text as it stands rather than on the prehistory of the material or details of Synoptic comparison. The exegesis of each section is part of a planned literary whole supplemented, rather than controlled, by verse-by-verse commentary, allowing the text as a complete story to come into brilliant focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than being a \"commentary on commentaries,\" The Gospel of Matthew is concerned throughout with what Matthew himself meant to convey about Jesus and how he set about doing so within the cultural and historical context of first-century Palestine. 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