Gospel of Matthew

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Christian scripture New Testament book canonical gospel

The Gospel of Matthew is a New Testament book that presents an account of Jesus Christ’s life, teachings, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his role as the Jewish Messiah and fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Gospel according to Matthew 2
Gospel of Matthew 16:18–19 2
Gospel of Matthew 16:19 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian scripture ⓘ
New Testament book ⓘ
canonical gospel ⓘ
acceptedBy Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestant churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
alsoKnownAs Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
surface form: The Gospel according to Matthew
audience primarily Jewish Christians ⓘ
canonicalStatus universally accepted in major Christian traditions ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInGospels often considered not the earliest written gospel ⓘ
contains Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
surface form: Beatitudes

Genealogy of Jesus ⓘ
Great Commission ⓘ
Infancy narrative of Jesus ⓘ
Lord’s Prayer ⓘ
surface form: Lord's Prayer

Passion narrative ⓘ
Resurrection narrative ⓘ
Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
emphasizes Jesus as Jewish Messiah ⓘ
fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy ⓘ
teaching of Jesus ⓘ
genre gospel ⓘ
includesDiscourse Community discourse ⓘ
Eschatological discourse ⓘ
Mission discourse ⓘ
Parables discourse ⓘ
Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
influenced Christian liturgy ⓘ
Christian moral teaching ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
keyTheme Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ
discipleship ⓘ
fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

New Testament ⓘ
positionInCanon first book of the New Testament ⓘ
primarySubject Jesus Christ ⓘ
sourceFor Christian ethics ⓘ
teachings on the Kingdom of Heaven ⓘ
structure five major discourse sections ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Apostle Matthew ⓘ
surface form: Levi the tax collector

Apostle Matthew ⓘ
surface form: Matthew the Apostle
usesSource Gospel of Mark ⓘ
M source (special Matthean material) ⓘ
Q source (hypothetical) ⓘ

Referenced by (118)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arrest of Jesus → narratedIn → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Crucifixion of Jesus → narratedIn → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Gethsemane prayer → narratedIn → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Last Supper → narratedIn → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Matthew 24 → partOf → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Sermon on the Mount → partOf → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Jesus Christ → primarySources → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Jeremiah → referencedIn → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
this entity surface form: GospelOfMatthew
Christian anarchism → scripturalBasis → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
INRI → scripturalBasis → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Joyful Mysteries → scripturalBasis → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Kingdom of Heaven → scripturalBookContext → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
John the Baptist → scripturalMention → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Apostle Matthew → scriptureMention → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Synoptic Gospels → sharesSourceMaterial → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
Gospel infancy narratives → sourceText → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gospel according to Matthew
Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew → subject → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
The Violent Bear It Away → titleAlludesTo → Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gospel of Matthew 11:12