__Robert H. Gundry__ (PhD, Manchester University) is scholar-in-residence and professor emeritus of New Testament and Greek at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of the bestselling classroom text A Survey of the New Testament, now in its fourth edition. Among his other works are Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross; Matthew: A Commentary on His Handbook for a Mixed Church Under Persecution; Soma in Biblical Theology; and Jesus the Word, According to John the Sectarian.

__Delve Deeper into God's Word__   
In this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers.  
  
The Gospel of Matthew highlights Jesus' messiahship and divine sonship. Matthew defines faithfulness in terms of Christian behavior and verbal testimony and warns against unfaithfulness by accenting its eternal consequences.   
  
Pastors, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, and laypeople will welcome Gundry's nontechnical explanations and clarifications. And Bible students at all levels will appreciate his sparkling interpretations.  
  
This selection is from Gundry's Commentary on the New Testament.

This affordable commentary on Matthew by a renowned Bible expert is drawn from the author's larger Commentary on the New Testament.

Gundry, Robert H.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Matthew

THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST Matthew 1:1–17

THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST AS DAVID'S SON AND "GOD WITH US" Matthew 1:18–25

THE WORSHIP OF JESUS BY A VANGUARD OF GENTILES Matthew 2:1–12

THE PRESERVATION OF JESUS AS A SIGN OF HIS DIVINE SONSHIP Matthew 2:13–15

A PREVIEW OF JEWISH CALAMITIES RESULTING FROM THE REJECTION OF JESUS Matthew 2:16–18

THE RETURN OF THE GREATER MOSES TO BECOME DAVID'S BRANCH Matthew 2:19–23

JESUS' BAPTISM BY JOHN AS A MODEL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Matthew 3:1–17

JESUS AS A MODEL OF OBEDIENCE TO DIVINE COMMANDS Matthew 4:1–11

GOING INTO GENTILE TERRITORY BECAUSE OF PERSECUTION Matthew 4:12–16

JESUS AS A MODEL DISCIPLER Matthew 4:17–25

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5–7

A TRANSITIONAL FORMULA CONCLUDING THE FIRST "BOOK" OF JESUS' LAW Matthew 7:28–29

THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS' WORDS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DEEDS Matthew 8:1–9:34

THE WORK AND COMPASSION OF THE LORD OF THE HARVEST Matthew 9:35–38

THE WORKERS OF THE LORD OF THE HARVEST AND THEIR AUTHORITY Matthew 10:1–4

JESUS' COMMISSIONING THE TWELVE TO HARVEST ISRAEL Matthew 10:5–15

JESUS' WARNING OF PERSECUTION IN A MISSION THAT WILL EVOLVE INTO THE INCLUSION OF GENTILES Matthew 10:16–42

A CONCLUDING FORMULA FOR THE SECOND "BOOK" OF JESUS' LAW, PLUS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE Matthew 11:1

THE OPPOSITION AND PERSECUTION INCURRED BY JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES Matthew 11:2–12:50

FALSE DISCIPLES AS THOSE WHO LACK UNDERSTANDING, TRUE DISCIPLES AS THOSE WHO HAVE IT AND GAIN FURTHER UNDERSTANDING Matthew 13:1–52

DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING Matthew 13:53–17:27

MAINTAINING BROTHERHOOD IN THE CHURCH Matthew 18:1–35

WELCOMING UNMARRIED PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH Matthew 19:1–12

WELCOMING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH Matthew 19:13–26

WELCOMING GENTILES IN THE CHURCH Matthew 19:27–20:16

CHURCHLY WELCOME OF THE BLIND, THE LAME, AND YOUNG PEOPLE Matthew 20:17–21:17

CHURCHLY WELCOME OF TAX COLLECTORS, PROSTITUTES, AND GENTILES AS SUPPORTED BY GOD'S REJECTION OF THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES Matthew 21:18–22:46

THE SHARED CONDEMNATION OF THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES AND FALSELY PROFESSING DISCIPLES Matthew 22:1–14

THE EVIL OF THE PHARISEES IN TESTING JESUS ON THE ISSUE OF PAYING TAXES TO CAESAR Matthew 22:15–22

THE CULPABLE ERROR OF THE SADDUCEES IN DENYING THE RESURRECTION Matthew 22:23–33

THE PHARISEES' GATHERING AGAINST JESUS IN A QUESTION ABOUT THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Matthew 22:34–40

JESUS' BESTING THE ASSEMBLED PHARISEES Matthew 22:41–46

JESUS' REJECTION OF FALSELY PROFESSING JEWISH-CHRISTIAN WOULD-BE LEADERS AS PORTRAYED IN JESUS' REJECTION OF ISRAEL'S LEADERS Matthew 23:1–13, 15–25:46

THE DISCIPLES' UNDERSTANDING THAT JESUS MUST BE CRUCIFIED Matthew 26:1–5

THE CONTRAST BETWEEN A WOMAN'S LARGE EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERFUMING OF JESUS' BODY AND JUDAS ISCARIOT'S BARGAIN TO BETRAY JESUS FOR A PALTRY SUM Matthew 26:6–16

THE PREPARATION OF THE PASSOVER AND THE OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER AS OBEDIENCE TO JESUS' COMMANDS Matthew 26:17–29

JESUS AS AN EXAMPLE OF PRAYERFULNESS AND PETER AS AN EXAMPLE OF PRAYERLESSNESS THAT WILL LEAD TO DISOWNING JESUS IN TIME OF PERSECUTION Matthew 26:30–46

JESUS' DEATH AS A FULFILLMENT OF OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY Matthew 26:47–56

JESUS' EXAMPLE OF NONRETALIATION AND REFUSAL TO TAKE AN OATH Matthew 26:57–68

THE NEGATIVE EXAMPLE OF PETER'S DENIALS AS A CONTINUATION OF THE WARNING AGAINST PRAYERLESSNESS Matthew 26:69–75

THE MALICE OF JEWISH OFFICIALDOM Matthew 27:1–2

THE DREADFUL END OF JUDAS: AN EXAMPLE THAT WARNS AGAINST TREACHERY IN THE CHURCH DURING PERSECUTION Matthew 27:3–10

A DEMONSTRATION OF JESUS' SUBMISSION TO THE FATHER'S WILL Matthew 27:11–14

THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF JESUS AS RIGHTEOUS BY THE GENTILES PILATE AND HIS WIFE Matthew 27:15–26

JESUS AS THE MODEL OF A PERSECUTED RIGHTEOUS PERSON Matthew 27:27–50

ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PERSECUTED: THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF JESUS' DEATH AS ESCHATOLOGICAL PROOF THAT HE IS GOD'S SON Matthew 27:51–54

CHRISTIAN DEVOTION TO THE PERSECUTED Matthew 27:55–61

A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES' DECEITFULNESS AND JESUS' TRUTHFULNESS Matthew 27:62–66

THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AS A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS DEITY AND TRUTHFULNESS Matthew 28:1–10

A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES' DECEITFULNESS AND JESUS' TRUTHFULNESS CONTINUED Matthew 28:11–15

THE MISSION TO ALL NATIONS AND RELATED MATTHEAN THEMES Matthew 28:16–20

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Delve Deeper into God's Word  
  
In this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers.  
  
The Gospel of Matthew highlights Jesus' messiahship and divine sonship. Matthew defines faithfulness in terms of Christian behavior and verbal testimony and warns against unfaithfulness by accenting its eternal consequences.  
  
Pastors, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, and laypeople will welcome Gundry's nontechnical explanations and clarifications. And Bible students at all levels will appreciate his sparkling interpretations.  
  
This selection is from Gundry'sCommentary on the New Testament.

A one volume exposition of the NT that focuses on what is most useful for preaching, teaching, and individual study. Easy to read.

\["Looking for a reliable NT Commentary?","This verse-by-verse commentary is rigorous and insightful","You'll be equipped for sermons, teachings, and personal study "\]

__Robert H. Gundry__ (PhD, Manchester University) is scholar-in-residence and professor emeritus of New Testament Greek, the Gospels, and New Testament at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of the bestselling classroom text A Survey of the New Testament. Among his other works are Mark: A Commentary on His Apology for the Cross; Matthew: A Commentary on His Handbook for a Mixed Church Under Persecution; Soma in Biblical Theology; and Jesus the Word, According to John the Sectarian.

__Verse-by-verse explanations with a literal translation__   
Shouldn't a Bible commentary clarify what God's Word actually says? Going beyond questions of authorship, date, sources, and historicity, respected linguist and teacher Gundry offers a one-volume exposition of the New Testament that focuses on what is most useful for preaching, teaching, and individual study--what the biblical text really means. Providing interpretive observations in a "breezy" style that's easy to read and adaptable for oral use in pulpit or classroom presentations, Gundry directs his book to an evangelical audience. His crisp translation of the New Testament inserts various phrasings of passages in brackets, allowing for smooth transition from original text to alternative and contemporary readings.  
  
__SAMPLE TEXT OF TRANSLATION__ JOHN'S PREDICTING A MORE POWERFUL BAPTIZER THAN HE (Mark 1:1-8) 1:1-3: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, God's Son, according as it's written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I'm sending my messenger before your face \[= ahead of you\], who'll pave your way \[= the road you'll travel\], \[the messenger who is\] the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.'"  
  
Pastors, Sunday school teachers, small-group leaders, and laypeople will welcome Gundry's non-technical explanations and clarifications. And Bible students at all levels will appreciate his sparkling interpretations of the NT Scriptures. A trustworthy guide for anybody wanting to delve deeper into God's Word.  
  
__SAMPLE TEXT OF COMMENTS__ "Gospel" means "good news." Jews would associate this good news with Isaiah 52:7. Non-Jews would think of the good news of an emperor's accession to power, birthday, visit to a city, military victory, or bringing of prosperity to the empire. But Mark's good news has to do with the salvation and victory brought by Jesus over evil in all its demonic and physical forms. "The gospel of Jesus Christ" therefore means "the gospel about Jesus Christ" and refers to a proclaimed message ("the voice of one crying out"), not a book (though because books like Mark's contain that proclaimed message, the term came to refer to those books in the capitalized form of "Gospels" to distinguish them from the message, kept uncapitalized as "gospel").

This one-volume commentary focuses on what is most useful for preaching, teaching, and individual study in each book of the New Testament.

__Delve Deeper into God's Word__   
In this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers.  
  
The Gospel of Luke portrays Jesus preeminently as a model of religious piety, moral purity, and political innocence--and thus as an attractive, sympathetic, and beneficent Savior of others.  
  
Pastors, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, and laypeople will welcome Gundry's nontechnical explanations and clarifications. And Bible students at all levels will appreciate his sparkling interpretations.  
  
This selection is from Gundry's Commentary on the New Testament.

This affordable commentary on Luke by a renowned Bible expert is drawn from the author's larger Commentary on the New Testament.

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