June 9, 2021

The twelve disciples are such an important part of the gospels! In Matthew 10:2 we’re given a full roster of the twelve disciples for the first time. Earlier in the gospel of Matthew (chapter 4) we’re told about the calling of four of them (Simon Peter and Andrew, John and James) and then later, in […]

Matthew follows the Sermon on the Mount in chapters 5-7 with two chapters of miracles performed by Jesus. At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, we learn the audience was amazed by Jesus’ teaching because He was teaching as “one having authority” (Matthew 7:28-29). It is not by mistake that Matthew spends the