The following entry represents my notes and observations as I read ‘Zondervan’s NASB Study Bible’. The text of the entry is my best attempt to summarize a large volume of text for easier reference in the future. As I go, I will compare and contrast the text of the NASB with ‘The New Oxford Annotated Bible’ by Oxford University Press. If a passage is not specified as referring to either the Oxford or NASB version of the Bible then it can be assumed that it applies to both works. Passages specific to one or the other will be marked with either [NASB] or [OXF] as appropriate. Any person who differs with any detail of interpretation is invited to comment and include specifics and I’ll be happy to reexamine the passage(s) at issue.
Introduction
Much as we found in the Old Testament, our two texts seem to disagree greatly on who exactly wrote this bit of ancient literature. Oxford attributes it to an anonymous author who used some collected writings of Matthew as a guide. The NASB seems to gently suggest that Matthew wrote the text using the writings of Mark as a guide.
Our author in name at least is Matthew, a reformed tax collector. Matthew goes by the name Levi in Mark and Luke. Opinions on a date for the work vary but seem to settle around a period from 50 to 100 A.D. The purpose of the text was a simple one: to prove to the Jews of the time that Jesus was indeed their messiah and demonstrate that he fulfilled the predictions set forth in the Old Testament. In 28 chapters the life, ministry and death of Jesus are laid out for us…
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