Matthew - Introduction
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Of the approximately 1050 verses in Matthew, 500 are also found in Mark. Another 250 are found in Luke’s Gospel. Many Bible scholars believe that in addition to Mark’s Gospel there was an early written collection of Christ’s teachings that both Matthew and Luke knew about, and which they added to their Gospels.
According to many scholars, the final edition of Matthew’s Gospel was written in the city of Antioch3 in northern Syria sometime between 70 and 80 A.D. It was written mainly for Jewish readers. In this Gospel, Matthew shows again and again how the PROPHECIES of the Old Testament, the Jewish Scriptures, were fulfilled in the birth and life of Jesus.
For the comments on those sections of Matthew that are also found in Mark, the reader is asked to refer to Mark’s Gospel.