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The Gospel According to
Matthew
I. |The King's antecedents and status—1:1-2:23A. |His genealogy and office—called Christ—1:1-17B. |His origin and name—born a God-man, named Jesus, called Emmanuel by men—1:18-25C. |His youth and growth—called a Nazarene—2:1-23
1. |Sought and worshipped by the Gentile magi—vv.|1-12
2. |Envied by Herod the king—vv.|7-8
3. |Fleeing to Egypt—vv.|13-15
4. |Sought by Herod the king for destruction—vv.|16-18
5. |Returning to dwell in Nazareth—vv.|19-23
II. |The King's anointing—3:1-4:11A. |Recommended—3:1-12B. |Anointed—3:13-17C. |Tested—4:1-11III. |The King's ministry—4:12-11:30A. |The beginning of the ministry—4:12-25B. |The decree of the kingdom's constitution—5:1-7:29
1. |Concerning the nature of the kingdom people—5:1-12
2. |Concerning the influence of the kingdom people—5:13-16
3. |Concerning the law of the kingdom people—5:17-48
4. |Concerning the righteous deeds of the kingdom people—6:1-18
5. |Concerning the material riches of the kingdom people—6:19-34
6. |Concerning the principles of the kingdom people in dealing with others—7:1-12
7. |Concerning the ground of the kingdom people's living and work—7:13-29
C. |The continuation of the ministry—8:1-9:34
1. |Signs with dispensational significance—8:1-17
2. |The way to follow the King—8:18-22
3. |The authority of the King—8:23-9:8
a. |Over the winds and the sea—8:23-27b. |Over the demons—8:28-34c. |To forgive sins—9:1-8
4. |Rejoicing with the sinners—9:9-13
5. |Being incompatible with religion—9:14-17
6. |Signs with dispensational significance repeated—9:18-34
D. |The enlargement of the ministry—9:35-11:1
1. |The need of shepherding and reaping—9:35-38
2. |The selection and sending out of the workers—10:1-5a
3. |The way to spread the gospel of the kingdom to the house of Israel—10:5b-15
4. |Persecution and the way to meet it—10:16-33
5. |The disturbance brought in by the King and the way of the cross to follow Him—10:34-39
6. |The King's identification with the sent ones—10:40-11:1
E. |The King's poise and attitude toward every situation—11:2-30
1. |Strengthening His imprisoned forerunner—vv.|2-6
2. |Appraising His forerunner—vv.|7-15
3. |Lamenting and reproaching the stubborn and unrepentant generation—vv.|16-24
4. |Acknowledging the Father's will with extolment—vv.|25-27
5. |Calling the burdened to rest and the way to rest—vv.|28-30
IV. |The King's being rejected—12:1-27:66A. |The establishment of rejection—12:1-50
1. |The cause of rejection—vv.|1-14
2. |Rejection causing the King's turn to the Gentiles—vv.|15-21
3. |The climax of rejection—vv.|22-37
4. |The sign to the rejecting generation—vv.|38-42
5. |The rejecting generation becoming worse—vv.|43-45
6. |Rejection resulting in the King's forsaking—vv.|46-50
B. |The unveiling of the kingdom's mysteries—13:1-52
1. |The preliminary work of the kingdom—vv.|1-23
2. |The establishment of the kingdom and its false constituents—vv.|24-30
3. |The abnormal development of the outward appearance of the kingdom—vv.|31-32
4. |The inward corruption of the outward appearance of the kingdom—vv.|33-35
5. |The establishment of the kingdom and its false constituents (continued)—vv.|36-43
6. |The kingdom hidden in the God-created earth—v.|44
7. |The church produced out of the Satan-corrupted world—vv.|45-46
8. |The eternal gospel and its result—vv.|47-50
9. |The treasure of things new and old—vv.|51-52
C. |The increase of rejection—13:53-16:12
1. |Rejection by His countrymen—13:53-58
2. |Rejection by the heathen tetrarch—14:1-13
3. |The miracle of feeding five thousand—14:14-21
4. |The miracle of walking on the sea—14:22-33
5. |Healing by the fringe of the King's garment—14:34-36
6. |The accusation by the traditional religionists—15:1-20
7. |The faith of a Gentile woman—15:21-28
8. |Healing for the glorification of God—15:29-31
9. |The miracle of feeding four thousand—15:32-39
10. |Temptation by the fundamentalists and the modernists—16:1-12
D. |The path of rejection—16:13-23:39
1. |Before going to Judea—16:13-18:35
a. |The revelation of Christ and the church—16:13-20b. |The first unveiling of the crucifixion and resurrection—16:21-27c. |Transfiguration in the miniature of the kingdom—16:28-17:13d. |The casting out of an epileptic demon—17:14-21e. |The second unveiling of the crucifixion and resurrection—17:22-23f. |The application of the revelation and vision of Christ's sonship—17:24-27g. |Relationships in the kingdom—18:1-35
2. |After arriving in Judea—19:1-20:16
a. |Healing the following crowd—19:2b. |Further temptation by the fundamentalists—19:3-12c. |Laying hands on the children—19:13-15d. |The way for a rich man to enter into the kingdom—19:16-26e. |The reward of the kingdom—19:27-20:16
3. |On the way to Jerusalem—20:17-21:11
a. |The third unveiling of the crucifixion and resurrection—20:17-19b. |The throne of the kingdom and the cup of the cross—20:20-28c. |The healing of the two blind men—20:29-34d. |A warm welcome to the meek King—21:1-11
4. |In Jerusalem—21:12-23:39
a. |Cleansing the temple—21:12-16b. |Lodging in Bethany—21:17c. |Cursing the nation of Israel—21:18-22d. |Tested—21:23-22:46(1) |By the chief priests and elders concerning His authority—21:23-22:14(a) |The shifting of the birthright—21:28-32(b) |The transfer of the kingdom of God—21:33-46(c) |The kingdom's wedding feast—22:1-14(2) |By the disciples of the Pharisees and the Herodians concerning giving tribute to Caesar—22:15-22(3) |By the Sadducees concerning resurrection—22:23-33(4) |By a lawyer concerning the great commandment in the law—22:34-40(5) |Muzzling all the testers by the question concerning Christ—22:41-46e. |Rebuking the religionists—23:1-36(1) |Their hypocrisy—vv.|1-12(2) |Their eightfold woe—vv.|13-36f. |Forsaking Jerusalem with its temple—23:37-39E. |The prophecy of the kingdom—24:1-25:46
1. |Concerning Israel—24:1-31
a. |From Christ's ascension to the consummation of the age—vv.|1-14b. |At the consummation of the age—vv.|15-31(1) |The transpiring of the great tribulation—vv.|15-26(2) |Christ's coming to the earth—vv.|27-30(3) |The gathering of Israel—v.|31
2. |Concerning the church—24:32-25:30
a. |Watching and being ready—24:32-44b. |Being faithful and prudent—24:45-51c. |A parable for watchfulness—25:1-13d. |A parable for faithfulness—25:14-30
3. |Concerning the nations—25:31-46
a. |Christ coming to be enthroned in glory—v.|31b. |Gathering all the nations for the exercising of judgment—vv.|32-46F. |The completion of rejection—26:1-27:66
1. |The fourth unveiling of the crucifixion—26:1-2
2. |Plotted against by religion—26:3-5
3. |Loved by the beloved disciples—26:6-13
4. |Betrayed by the false disciple—26:14-16
5. |Keeping the last passover—26:17-25
6. |Establishing the King's feast—26:26-30
7. |Warning the disciples—26:31-35
8. |Pressed in Gethsemane—26:36-46
9. |Arrested by religion—26:47-56
10. |Judged by the Sanhedrin—26:57-68
11. |Denied by Peter—26:69-75
12. |Judged by Pilate—27:1-26
13. |Mocked by the heathen soldiers—27:27-32
14. |Crucified—27:33-56
a. |Killed and mocked by men—vv.|33-44b. |Judged and forsaken by God—vv.|45-50c. |The effect of His crucifixion—vv.|51-56
15. |Buried by a rich man—27:57-66
V. |The King's victory—28:1-20A. |Resurrected—vv.|1-15B. |Reigning—vv.|16-20Outline of Matthew
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