Matthew Explained: Understanding the Book and Its Message for Today

By Samuel Whitaker

Matthew is not a biography of Jesus. It is a sustained argument about who Jesus is - about fulfillment and promise, law and grace, the Kingdom of Heaven and how to enter it.

Written for a community navigating a broken world, Matthew remains the most structurally deliberate Gospel in Scripture. Its five great discourses mirror the five books of Moses, presenting Jesus as the new lawgiver who has come not to abolish the law but to fulfill it.

Matthew Explained examines the architecture and argument of the book - showing how its seemingly diverse episodes and teachings form a coherent vision of what it means to follow Jesus. From the Sermon on the Mount to the Great Commission, from the parables of the Kingdom to the passion narrative, every section is explored for its meaning, its structure, and its claim on the reader's life.

This volume covers:

The difference between the Kingdom of Heaven and every other kingdomThe literary structure of Matthew and how to read it as a wholeThe major themes - law, grace, judgment, mercy, and missionThe Sermon on the Mount as the charter of Kingdom livingWhy Matthew is not moralism but the story of God reclaiming his world through Jesus

Matthew Explained is part of a complete verse-by-verse commentary series covering all 66 books of the Bible - ancient wisdom for every decision you will face today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1972885014
• ISBN13: 9781972885017
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Ascent Press Co.
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"