The Gospel According to Matthew
Matthew
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Κατὰ Ματθαῖον (Kata Matthaion — "According to Matthew") — Gospel account of Jesus Christ
| Chapters | Chiasms | Intertextuality | Trajectories | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 98 | 46 | 71 | 8 |
Theme: Jesus as King—the Son of David fulfilling Old Testament promises to Israel.
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Major Chiastic Structures
Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis
| Chiasm | Span | Center/Turning Point |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 01:1 - 16 | 01:1-16 | Abraham (2) |
| Matthew 01:1, 17 | 01:1, 17 | — |
| Matthew 01:16 - 18 | 01:16-18 | generations, generations, generations (17) |
| Matthew 01:18 - 25 | 01:18-25 | thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins (21) |
| Matthew 02:1 - 12 | 02:1-12 | Bethlehem (6) |
Trajectory Tables
Typological studies tracing themes to Christ
| # | Trajectory | What It Traces |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Aaron — The Great High Priest | Israel's high priest offering daily for his own sins, answered by the priest who offered Himself once. |
| 002 | Abel — First Martyr | Righteous blood crying from the ground for vengeance, out-spoken by blood that speaks mercy. |
| 003 | Abraham — Father of Faith | The covenant sworn to a wandering father, kept in the single offspring who blesses the nations. |
| 005 | Adam — The First and Last Adam | The head of the old humanity, answered by the Last Adam. |
| 011 | Babylonian Exile — Judgment and Discipline | The covenant curse falling and the throne emptied, an exile ended only by the King who bore it. |
| 033 | Conquest of Canaan — Victory in Christ | The LORD's war that gave Israel the land, fulfilled and surpassed at the cross where the powers were disarmed. |
| 035 | Covenant Meals — Fellowship with God | Elders eating and drinking before God on Sinai, a table deepening to the Supper and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. |
| 036 | Covenant Succession — Inheritance and Election | Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, a line of sovereign grace narrowing to the one chosen Son. |
| 038 | Crossing the Jordan — Entering God's Rest | Israel walking dry-shod into the land, fulfilled in the true Joshua who leads His people into the rest that remains. |
| 039 | Crossing the Red Sea — Baptism into Christ | Passage through the waters of judgment onto dry ground, fulfilled and surpassed in baptism into Christ's death and life. |
| 041 | David — The King After God's Own Heart | The shepherd-king sworn an everlasting throne, a promise kept in the Son who is both David's son and David's Lord. |
| 042 | Davidic Kingdom — Messianic Reign | The throne promised forever to David's house, a promise kept in the King who reigns now and will never fail. |
| 044 | Day of Atonement — Christ's Atoning Sacrifice | The one day blood entered the Most Holy Place, fulfilled forever. |
| 046 | Divine Identity — Deity of Christ | Yahweh's promise to come in person to save, kept when the One they pierced proves to be God incarnate. |
| 048 | Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary | The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary. |
| 050 | Elijah — Prophet of Fire and Restoration | The prophet of fire promised before the Day of the LORD, come in John to prepare the way of Christ. |
| 056 | False Prophets — Way of Cain | Prophets who spoke their own imagination in God's name, reversed by the Word who speaks only the Father's. |
| 058 | Feast of Trumpets — The Final Call | The trumpet that summoned Israel to assembly, deepening across the canon into the last trumpet that gathers the elect. |
| 060 | First Fruits — Christ's Resurrection | The first sheaf waved to claim the whole harvest, fulfilled in the risen Christ who guarantees ours. |
| 062 | Garden Commission — Extending Sacred Space | Adam's mandate to fill the earth with God's presence, carried across the canon to Christ's Great Commission. |
| 063 | Gentile Inclusion — Light to the Nations | God's promise that all families of the earth would be blessed, kept in Abraham's singular seed. |
| 065 | Glory-Cloud — Divine Presence | God's visible presence in pillar, tabernacle, and temple, drawing nearer until the glory shines in the face of Christ. |
| 067 | Golden Lampstand — Christ the Light | The lamp that lit the Holy Place, fulfilled in Christ the true Light and the church that bears Him. |
| 072 | High Priest Seated at the Right Hand — Christ's Royal-Priestly Session | Priests who stood daily and never sat, answered by the Priest-King who sat down, His work finished. |
| 074 | Holy Places — Access to God's Presence | The barred and graded way into God's presence, opened wide by the blood of Jesus. |
| 076 | Image of God — Priestly Vocation | Adam set in Eden to serve and guard as priest-king, a vocation perfected in Christ the true Image. |
| 077 | Isaac — Child of Promise | The son given by promise and bound on Moriah, pointing to the Son the Father did not spare. |
| 078 | Isaiah — Suffering Servant Messenger | The prophet whose call, sign-children, and suffering are themselves the message, fulfilled in Christ the final Prophet. |
| 083 | Jonah — Death, Resurrection, and Mission to Gentiles | Three days in the fish and a reluctant word to Nineveh, the one sign Jesus claimed for Himself. |
| 099 | Manna — The Bread of Life | Bread rained from heaven that fed a nation and still let them die, until Jesus gave His flesh instead. |
| 108 | New Exodus — Second Exodus Pattern | Egypt's deliverance retold by the prophets as a greater one still coming, accomplished in Christ's exodus at Jerusalem. |
| 110 | New Moons — Renewal and Rest | The monthly trumpet blast re-consecrating Israel's calendar, a shadow whose substance belongs to Christ. |
| 114 | Passover — Christ Our Passover Lamb | The lamb's blood that turns away death, fulfilled at the cross. |
| 123 | Priestly Teaching — Torah Instruction | The priests charged to teach God's law, a line arriving at the Teacher who writes it on hearts. |
| 131 | Return from Exile — Restoration and Hope | Israel brought home from Babylon yet still confessing slavery, a homecoming completed when Christ ends the exile Himself. |
| 134 | Sabbath — Rest in Christ | The seventh-day rest written into creation itself, fulfilled in the Sabbath-rest that remains for God's people in Christ. |
| 147 | Sin Offering — Christ Bearing Our Sins | The purification offering whose blood covered sin but never removed it, fulfilled when Christ was made sin for us. |
| 157 | Table of Showbread — Christ the Bread of Life | Twelve loaves kept before God's face, fulfilled in the true bread that feeds His people forever. |
| 167 | Veil — Access Through Christ's Flesh | The cherubim-woven curtain that barred the way, torn top to bottom in the flesh of Christ. |
| 174 | Year of Jubilee — Ultimate Redemption | The ram's horn that freed slaves and restored land, the year of the LORD's favor Jesus declared fulfilled today. |