What is the main point of the book of Matthew?

Matthew traces Jesus’s ancestors back to the biblical patriarch Abraham, the founding father of the Israelite people. Matthew describes Jesus’s conception, when his mother, Mary, was “found to be with child from the Holy Spirit” (1:18).

What prophet is quoted in Matthew 2?

Interestingly enough, this question is regarding the prophet spoken of in Matthew 2:5. And the prophet spoken of is Micah.

What are the 5 major discourses in Matthew?

The five discourses are listed as the following: the Sermon on the Mount, the Mission Discourse, the Parabolic Discourse, the Discourse on the Church, and the Discourse on End Times. Each of the discourses has a shorter parallel in the Gospel of Mark or the Gospel of Luke.

What was Matthew’s relationship with Jesus?

The New Testament records that as a disciple, he followed Jesus, and was one of the witnesses of the Ascension of Jesus. Later Church fathers such as Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria claim that Matthew preached the Gospel to the Jewish community in Judea, before going to other countries.

Who is the prophet referred to in Matthew 2 5?

This verse mainly serves as a lead into the next one, which is a quote from Micah chapter 5 (5:2-4), and Micah is thus the prophet mentioned here.

What prophet is quoted in Matthew 2 6?

The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. Herod has asked the leading Jewish religious figures about how to find out where Jesus was to be born. In this verse they tell him by quoting from the Book of Micah….

What is biblical discourse?

sermon, discourse, preachingnoun. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

What is Jesus’s Olivet discourse?

In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus was reported to have told his disciples, “Truly I tell you, this generation [greek: genea] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” — Matt. 24:34-35; Mark 13:30-31; Luke 21:32-33.

What symbolizes Matthew’s Gospel?

Winged Man

Who is the prophet in Matthew 2 15?

Matthew 2:15 is the fifteenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In the verse, Joseph has taken Jesus and his family to Egypt to flee the wrath of King Herod.