Table of Contents
General Editors' Preface xi
Preface xv
List of Abbreviations xix
Introduction 1
Author 1
Date 13
Provenance and Destination 23
Language 26
Genre and Purpose 33
Structure 35
Biblical-Theological Themes 45
Christological Titles 46
1 Son of Man 46
2 Lord 48
3 Son of God 51
4 Immanuel 54
5 Son of David 55
6 Messiah 58
Other Christological Descriptions 72
7 Wisdom 72
8 Prophet like Moses 73
9 Isaianic Servant 76
Other Important Topics 79
10 Kingdom of Heaven 79
11 New Covenant 88
12 New Creation 94
13 New Israel 97
14 Fulfillment 100
Commentary 105
I Introduction (1:1-4:16) 105
A Title (1:1) 105
B Genealogy (1:2-17) 108
C Birth (1:18-25) 116
D Infancy (2:1-23) 122
1 The Visit of the Magi (2:1-12) 122
2 The Flight to Egypt (2:13-15) 127
3 The Slaughter of the Children of Bethlehem (2:16-18) 129
4 Herod's Death and the Return to Israel (2:19-21) 131
5 Residence in Nazareth (2:22-23) 132
E Preparation for Ministry (3:1-4:16) 135
1 The Beginning of John's Ministry (3:1-6) 135
2 John's Message (3:7-12) 140
3 Jesus's Baptism by John (3:13-17) 144
4 Jesus's Temptation in the Wilderness (4:1-11) 147
5 Beginning of Jesus's Galilean Ministry (4:12-16) 152
II Galilean Ministry (4:17-16:20) 154
A First Stage of Jesus's Galilean Ministry (4:17-25) 154
1 Calling of First Disciples (4:17-22) 154
2 Jesus's Teaching and Healing in Galilee (4:23-25) 157
B First Discourse: Sermon on the Mount (5:1-7:29) 160
1 Introduction (5:1-16) 160
2 Body of the Sermon (5:17-7:12) 169
C Continuation of First Stage of Jesus's Galilean Ministry (8:1-9:38) 214
D Second Discourse: Instruction of the Twelve (10:1-11:1) 249
E Second Stage of Jesus's Galilean Ministry (11:2-12:50) 267
F Third Discourse: Parables on the Kingdom (13:1-52) 313
G Rejection and Withdrawal to the North (13:53-16:20) 352
III Journey to Jerusalem (16:21-20:34) 418
A Return to Galilee (16:21-17:27) 418
B Fourth Discourse: Instructions about Life in the Kingdom (18:1-35) 452
C Journey through Judea (19:1-20:34) 471
IV Jerusalem Ministry (21:1-28:20) 511
A Final Ministry in Jerusalem (21:1-22:46) 511
B Rebuke of the Pharisees and Abandonment of the Temple (23:1-39) 571
C Fifth Discourse: The Fall of Jerusalem and the Coming Kingdom (24:1-25:46) 598
D Jesus's Passion (26:1-27:66) 661
E Jesus's Resurrection (28:1-20) 749
Commentaries, Introductions, and Theologies 767
Recent Monographs 773
Scripture Index 779
Extrabiblical Sources Index 817