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Matthew: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

Alastair Roberts

Matthew: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

February 14, 2022
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

*CONTENTS*

00:00:00 - Matt 1.1-17: Genealogy of Jesus

00:12:16 - Matt 1.18-25: Birth of Jesus

00:20:54 - Matt 2: Visit of the Magi and Flight into Egypt

00:37:46 - Matt 3: John the Baptist

00:51:06 - Matt 4: Temptation in the Wilderness

01:09:27 - Matt 5.1-20: The Beatitudes

01:29:07 - Matt 5.21-48: Fulfilling the Law

01:47:19 - Matt 6.1-18: Prayer and Fasting

02:08:12 - Matt 6.19-34: Possessions and Anxiety

02:15:01 - Matt 7: Building on the Rock

02:31:07 - Matt 8.1-17: Healing the Centurion's Servant

02:38:19 - Matt 8.18-34: Calming the Storm

02:50:16 - Matt 9.1-17: Questions Concerning Fasting

03:00:26 - Matt 9.18-34: Healings

03:10:40 - Matt 9.35—10.23: Sending out the Twelve

03:25:45 - Matt 10.24-42: Instructing the Twelve for their Mission

03:31:49 - Matt 11: Messengers from John

03:45:42 - Matt 12.1-21: Lord of the Sabbath

03:57:21 - Matt 12.22-50: Binding the Strong Man

04:09:49 - Matt 13.1-23: Parable of the Sower

04:26:10 - Matt 13.24-43: Parables of the Weeds, Mustard Seed, and Leaven

04:38:13 - Matt 13.44-58: Parables of Hidden Treasure, Pearl of Great Price, and the Net

04:47:48 - Matt 14: Death of John, Feeding the Five Thousand, and Walking on Water

04:58:58 - Matt 15.1-28: Defilement

05:12:00 - Matt 15.29—16.12: Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees

05:22:49 - Matt 16.13-28: Confession of Peter

05:42:46 - Matt 17.1-23: Transfiguration

05:58:09 - Matt 17.24—18.14: Who is the Greatest?

06:13:30 - Matt 18.15-35: Forgiveness

06:27:48 - Matt 19.1-15: Divorce and Marriage

06:44:10 - Matt 19.16—20.16: Rich Young Man and the Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard

06:57:53 - Matt 20.17-34: Nearing Jerusalem

07:10:16 - Matt 21.1-22: Triumphal Entry

07:21:15 - Matt 21.23-46: Parables of the Two Sons and the Wicked Tenants

07:33:43 - Matt 22.1-33: Parable of the Wedding Feast, Taxes to Caesar, and Opposing the Sadducees on Resurrection

07:47:04 - Matt 22.34—23.12: Challenging Scribes and Pharisees

07:57:31 - Matt 23.13-39: Woes

08:11:40 - Matt 24.1-28: Signs of the End

08:22:15 - Matt 24.29-51: Coming of the Son of Man

08:34:02 - Matt 25.1-30: Parables of the Ten Virgins and the Talents

08:43:55 - Matt 25.31-46: Sheep and Goats

08:57:33 - Matt 26.1-30: Passover with the Disciples

09:09:32 - Matt 26.31-56: Prayer and Arrest in Gethsemane

09:19:58 - Matt 26.57-75: Before the Council and Peter's Denial

09:29:50 - Matt 27.1-26: Before Pilate and Judas' Suicide

09:45:00 - Matt 27.27-56: The Crucifixion

09:58:29 - Matt 27.57—28.20: Burial, Resurrection, and Great Commission

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