Episode 008: Commentary on Matthew 1-4

The book of Matthew presents the story of Jesus from the perspective that he was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. This commentary will shed light on the life of the most influential person in history.

July 26, 2018: This is an extensive episode and show notes with resources will be posted in a day or two. Thanks for understanding!

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This is the outline for this episode of Working With The Voice:

  • What does it mean to be human?
  • Co-Creating with God
  • Written and Oral histories
  • Jesus’s Geographic area and Sepphoris
  • Jewish Genealogy
  • Spirit of Adoption
  • The Gifts of the Magi
  • Escape to Egypt and the return
  • John the Baptist
  • Repent/Rethink
  • Baptism of Jesus
  • Jesus Tested in the Wilderness
  • About Temptation
  • Jesus Begins to Preach
  • Jesus Calls his first disciples
  • Jesus heals the sick
  • Concept of “Immediately”

Resources mentioned:

Book of Matthew NIV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1&version=NIV

Link to Complete Matthew Henry Commentary
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/

Judaism in the time of Jesus
http://www.helsinki.fi/teol/pro/_merenlah/oppimateriaalit/text/english/judaism.htm
http://chalcedon.edu/magazine/the-world-into-which-Jesus-was-born

Jesus’s Life and Ministry
http://resource.acu.edu.au/gehall/XTOLOGY3.htm
https://www.humanjourney.us/ideas-that-shaped-our-modern-world-section/historical-jesus/

Israel’s Geography and Climate
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/land/pages/the%20land%20geography%20and%20climate.aspx

Sepphoris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris

Dr. Tabor’s The Roman World of Jesus
https://pages.uncc.edu/james-tabor/the-roman-world-of-jesus-an-overview/

List of people in the bible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biblical_figures_identified_in_extra-biblical_sources

Metanoia in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanoia_(theology)

Jesus and his relationship to John the Baptist
https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/5467/Aplin2011.pdf;sequence=2

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