3-EN ( 英文 ), 0200-Exegesis ( 聖經研究 ), 0240-Matthew ( 馬太福音 ) 

Continued 2 : The Gathering of the Pharisees against the Messiah in the question about the great commandment -- The Besting of the Pharisees by the Son of God -- The Rejection of falsely professing Jewish Christian leaders as portrayed in the rejection of Israel's leaders -- Prohibition of honorific titles in the Church -- Warning agaist hypocrisy -- The Persection of disciples, the rise of ecclesiastical antinomianism, and worldwide proclamation of the Kingdom as noneschatological characteristics of the Church age -- The Abomination of desolation as an eschatological sign and the coming of the Son of Man as a public event -- The Nearness of the Son of Man -- The Undertainty concerning the exact time of the Son of Man's coming -- Maltreatment of fellow disciples as a characteristic of false discipleship which will draw judgment at the Lord's coming.
Watching as doing good works in obedience to Jesus' teaching -- Once more, watching as doing good works -- The Criterion of neighborly love at the last judgment with particular reference to demonstrating true discipleship through doing charity to the persecuted messengers of Jesus -- The disciples' understanding that Jesus must be crucified -- Judas's bargain to betray Jesus as a result of Jesus' defending the large expenditure for his anointing -- The Preparation of the Passover and the observance of the Lord's Supper as obedience to Jesus' commands -- Peter as an exmaple of prayerlessness that will lead to denial of Jesus in time of persecution -- Jesus' death as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy -- Jesus' example of nonretaliation and refusal to take an oath.
The Negative example of Peter's denials as a continuation of the warning against prayerlessness -- The Malice of Jewish officialdom -- The Dreadful end of Judas : an example that warns against treachery in the church during persecution -- The Meekness of Jesus -- The Acknowledgment of Jesus as righteous by the Gentiles Pilate and his wife -- Jesus as the model of a persecuted righteous person -- Encouragement to the persecuted : the circumstance of Jesus' death as eschatological proof that he is God's Son -- Christian ministry to persecuted fellow Christians -- The Contrast between the Jewish leaders' deceitfulness and Jesus' truthfulness -- The Resurrection of Jesus as a demonstration of his deity and truthfulness -- The Mission to all the nations and related Matthean themes -- The Literary form of Matthew -- The Date of Matthew -- The Provenance of Matthew -- The Authorship of Matthew.
Continued 1 : The Opposition and persecution incurred by Jesus and his disciples : The Suffering of violence by the Kingdom of Heaven -- The Gentleness of Jesus toward his disciples -- The Pharisees' plot to destroy Jesus -- The Persectuor's false and unforgivable accusation -- The Wickedness and judgment of Jesus' persecutors -- The Persecuted as the family of the Heavenly Father -- False disciples as those who lack and lose understanding ; true disciples as those who have and gain understanding : Old understanding as a human responsibility -- New understanding as a gift from Jesus -- The Future judgment of false disciples in the kingdom -- The Magnitude of the Kingdom -- The Fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy in the parabolic conundrums -- The Future judgment of false disciples in the Kingdom -- The Necessity of economic self-deprivation to true membership in the Kingdom -- The Future judgment of false disciples in the Kingdom -- The Disciple as a knowledgeable scribe.
Lack of understanding in unbelieving Jews -- Lack of understanding in Herod the Tetrarch -- Obedient understanding of Jesus' command to serve the Lord's Supper to discipled nations -- Understanding Jesus as saving Lord and Son of God -- Granting understanding to the disciples concerning true defilement -- A Gentile's understanding of Jesus as Lord and Son of David -- Understanding Jesus' will to heal and feed the Gentiles -- Failure to understand the signs of the times -- The Disciples' gaining understanding concerning the evil teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees -- Understanding the Son of Man to be the Messiah and Son of God -- Understanding the Lordship of Jesus for the suffering of persecution -- Understanding Jesus as the new and greater Moses -- Understanding John the Baptist as Elijah -- The Threat of little faith -- Understanding the death and resurrection of Jesus -- Avoidance of causing non-Christian Jews to sin.
Brotherhood in the Church -- Accepting the unmarried in the Church -- Accepting young people in the church -- Accepting Gentiles in the church -- Churchly acceptance of the blind, the lame, and young people -- The Church's acceptance of publicans, prostitutes, and Gentiles as supported by God's rejection of the Jewish leaders : The Withering of the fig tree -- Jesus' authority and the parable of the two sons -- The Transferal of God's kingdom from the Jewish leaders to the Church as taught through the parable of the tenant farmers -- The Shared condemnation of Jerusalem's leaders and falsely professing disciples in the parable of the wedding feast -- The Evil of the Pharisees in testing Jesus on the issue of paying taxes to Caesar -- The Culpable error of the Sadducees in denying the resurrection.
Some characteristics of the present commentary including the use of word-statistics -- The Theology of Matthew -- The Structure of Matthew -- The Commentary proper : The Origin of Jesus Christ -- A Messianic genealogy of Jesus -- The Birth of Jesus Christ as the son of David and God with us -- The Worship of Jesus by a vanguard of Gentiles -- The Preservation of Jesus as a sign of His divine sonship -- A Preview of Jewish Calamities resulting from the rejection of Jesus -- The Return of the greater Moses to become the branch of David -- Jesus' baptism by John as a model of righteousness.
Jesus as a model of obedience to divine law -- Going into Gentile territory because of persecution -- Jesus as a model discipler -- The Encouraging word of God as taught by the greater Moses to his persecuted disciples -- The Disciples' persectution and mission in the world -- The Affirmation of the Old Testament in Jesus' teaching of the law and fulfillment of the prophets -- The Righteousness that surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees : Murder and anger -- Adultery and lust -- Divorce and compassion -- Oaths and divine majesty -- Retaliation, meekness, and helpfulness -- Perfect love -- The Teaching of Jesus the sage : Against ostentation -- Against hoarding earthly wealth -- Against judging -- Exhortations to obedience in heedlessness of antinomian false prophets.
A transitional formula concluding the first "book" of Jesus' law -- The Authority of Jesus : Jesus' authority in fulfilling the law of leprosy -- Jesus' authority in pronouncing believing Gentiles accepted and unbelieving Israelites rejected -- Jesus' authority in healing Peter's mother-in-law, casting out demons, and healing all the sick in fulfillment of prophecy -- The Authority of Jesus as seen in a storm -- Jesus' authority in killing demons -- Jesus' authority to forgive sins as a model of the disciples' authority to forgive sins -- Jesus' authority to exercise mercy toward publicans and sinners in accord with the Old Testament -- Jesus' authority in the preservation of fasting -- Jesus' authority over death and in the salvation of the woman with a flow -- The Lordly authority of Jesus in healing two blind men -- Jesus' marvelous authority in exorcising a demon from a deaf-mute.
The Work and compassion of the Lord of the Harvest -- The Workers of the Lord of the Harvest and their authority -- Jesus' commissioning the twelve to harvest Israel -- Jesus' warning concerning persecution in a mission including Gentiles -- A Concluding formula for the second "book" of Jesus' law.