The Gospel V. Mark's Gospel Of Jesus

Matthew was a tax collector and one of the twelve apostles wrote the Gospel of Matthew. This Gospel was narrated in the same structure as Mark’s gospel, but many stories are more to the point and more detailed on the teachings of Jesus. This is the first gospel where the use of the words “Church” and “Heaven” are more prevalent than in previous gospels. Through the Gospel of Matthew, he shows Jesus as the King and promised Messiah. It is filled with the teachings of the Old Testament and how Jesus fulfilled the prophecies. It inspires others to follow in his footsteps. The literary style of Matthew’s Gospel unlike Mark’s begins with the genealogy and Jesus’ birth, but does end in the same style with the narrative of Jesus’ passion, death,

At one point during Mark’s gospel, when Peter says that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus tells them not to say anything (Mark 8:29-30). While in Matthew, Jesus talks more confidently with Peter and does not get angry with him (Matt 16:15-20). It seems that in Matthew’s gospel, more details have been added compared to Mark’s Gospel. This helps us to get a sense of what was really happening and not just quick short answers that may change what the meaning actually is. Also, in Matthew’s Gospel, the church had become very important to the teachings of Jesus. In many of the sermons, they were given instructions that were particular to what was going on during the churches at that

Starting with the two brothers, Simon and Peter, and then two other brothers, James and John, to be Jesus’ first disciples (Matthew 4:18-22). Also, we see this in (Matthew 20:29-34) where Jesus meets two blind men outside of Jericho and eventually gives them both sight. Another example of this is when Jesus was in the tomb; two women went to see him (Matthew 28:1). In thinking about why Matthew chose to use pairs of two so much, I was wondering if it was due to the fact that we started out with two people on earth, one man and one