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What is it that we most deeply hope for, long for, or expect in our lives for the present or for the future? If we were to fill in the dots and draw the picture- if our deepest longings were to be fulfilled-what would the picture look like, of ourselves, of our world, and of … Continue reading “Matthew 3:1-12 Commentary by James Boyce”

John the Baptizer is a colorful prophetic figure who introduces the story of Jesus in all four Gospels. He dresses like Elijah, and he sounds like Isaiah or Amos. In the Matthean account, as in Mark whom the First Evangelist is closely following, we are given no inkling that the two men might be related. … Continue reading “Matthew 3:1-12 Commentary by Ben Witherington”

Following the genealogy (1:1-17) and a relatively long birth and infancy narrative (1:18-2:23), Matthew jumps ahead over the decades to the time of Jesus as an adult. He introduces us first to John the Baptist (3:1-12). Then there are the stories of the baptism of Jesus by John (3:13-17) and the Temptation in the Wilderness … Continue reading “Matthew 3:1-12 Commentary by Arland J. Hultgren”

El versículo trece de Mateo 2 inicia con la frase: “Después que partieron ellos,” refiriéndose a los sabios o magos de Oriente que llevaron regalos al niño Jesús. Inmediatamente después, la narración se enfoca en José, quien por revelación en sueños, es instruido para que lleve al niño y a María a Egipto, ya que … Continue reading “San Mateo 2:13-23 Comentario por Dynna Castillo Portugal”

Hoy, el primer domingo de la Navidad, hay, en sólo once versículos, varios temas entre los cuales el predicador o la predicadora pueden escoger para desarrollar en el sermón: la fidelidad de parte de José y la hostilidad de parte de Herodes, la protección para Jesús pero el sufrimiento para “los niños inocentes,” y el … Continue reading “San Mateo 2:13-23 Comentario por Linda M. Eastwood”

It is hard to read this scripture passage in 2014. It is hard to read in a world in which the number of political refugees has reached into unprecedented heights; in which the number of children fleeing from what might be certain death in their own countries for the United States is paralyzing the system … Continue reading “Matthew 2:13-23 Commentary by Shelly Matthews”

Church leaders and biblical interpreters often note that the Gospel of Luke reports Jesus’ birth in terms of its effect on peasant people (e.g. shepherds), while the Gospel of Matthew presents it as a grand event, eliciting responses from powerful representatives of the Roman and Jewish worlds (Matt 2:3-4), as well as drawing the attention … Continue reading “Matthew 2:13-23 Commentary by Mark Allan Powell”

The Gospel reading this day after Christmas strikes a new tone for the season by dramatically leading us away from anticipation of Advent and revelry of the holidays to the tenuous and dark days between promises and their fruition. Threats abound, but God carefully orchestrates Jesus’ earliest days according to Matthew. Though as an infant … Continue reading “Matthew 2:13-23 Commentary by Eric Barreto”

I have never had a dream that told me to flee in the middle of the night to save my family. I have had what might be called “premonitions caused by fear” of things not going well if I made a particular decision, but no voice yelling, “Watch out!” And no awful results from those … Continue reading “Matthew 2:13-23 Commentary by Karyn Wiseman”

¡Brutal y cruel! Este es un pasaje brutal y cruel. Es acerca del poder. Un líder tirano teme que otra persona le quite su poder, y no escatima en hacer todo lo que está a su alcance para destruir cualquier posibilidad de competencia en su contra. No importa lo que sea necesario hacer, siempre y … Continue reading “San Mateo 2:13-18 Comentario por Cláudio Carvalhaes”