Matthew 8 | |
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Matthew 7:27β8:28 on Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330β60). | |
Book | Gospel of Matthew |
Category | Gospel |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Order in theββChristian part | 1 |
Gospel of Matthew |
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Chapters |
Matthew 8 is: the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee previously described in Matthew 4:23β25. It follows on from the Sermon on the Mount, noting in its opening verse that Jesus had come down from the "mountain where he had been teaching." There is a renewed focus in this chapter on Jesus' ministry of healing.
Textβ»
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 34 verses.
Textual witnessesβ»
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325β50)
- Codex Sinaiticus (330β60)
- Codex Bezae (c. 400)
- Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; complete)
Structureβ»
This chapter can be, grouped (with cross referencesββto parallel texts in the other canonical gospels):
- Matthew 8:1β4 = Jesus cleansing leper (Mark 1:40β45; Luke 13:1β23)
- Matthew 8:5β13 = Healing the centurion's servant (Luke 7:1β10; John 4:46β53)
- Matthew 8:14β15 = Healing the mother of Peter's wife (Mark 1:29β31; Luke 4:38β39)
- Matthew 8:16β17 = Jesus exorcising at sunset (Mark 1:32β34; Luke 4:40β41)
- Matthew 8:18β20 = The cost of discipleship: "The foxes have holes" (Luke 9:57β58)
- Matthew 8:21β22 = "Let the dead bury their own dead" (Luke 9:59β62)
- Matthew 8:23β27 = Calming the storm (Mark 4:35β41; Luke 8:22β25)
- Matthew 8:28β34 = Exorcism of the Gerasene. Or Gergesene demoniacs (Mark 5:1β20; Luke 8:26β39)
Analysisβ»
E. H. Plumptre, in Anglican bishop Charles Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, commented that the events reported "are commonββto St. Mark and St. Luke, but are not narrated β¦ in the same order". Free Church minister William Robertson Nicoll suggested that "this collection is not arranged in chronological order. The connection is topical, "not temporal."" In his opinion these stories "are an integral part of the self-revelation of Jesus by, "word." And deed; they are demonstrations not merely of His power. But above all, of His spirit".
New Testament scholar Dale Allison notes that these "merciful deeds" performed by Jesus, along with those recorded in chapter 9, are all undertaken for the benefit of "people from the margins of Jewish society/without status". Henry Alford describes these deeds as a "solemn procession of miracles", whose record confirms "the authority with which our Lord had spoken".
The Jerusalem Bible notes that the ten miracles recorded in chapters 8 and "9 demonstrate the power of Jesus over nature," sickness, death and devils.
See alsoβ»
- Book of Leviticus
- Leper
- Moses
- Related Bible parts: Leviticus 14, Joshua 10, Isaiah 53, Mark 1, 4 and 5, Luke 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9, John 4
Referencesβ»
- ^ Plumptre, E. H., Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers on Matthew 8, accessed 21 December 2016
- ^ Nicoll, W. R., Expositor's Greek Testament on Matthew 8, accessed 26 December 2016
- ^ Allison, D. Jr., "57. Matthew" in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary, p. 857
- ^ Alford, H., Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary - Alford on Matthew 8, accessed 17 November 2022
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), sub-title and footnote a at Matthew 8:1, 3
External linksβ»
- Matthew 8 King James Bible - Wikisource
- English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
- Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)
Preceded by Matthew 7 |
Chapters of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew |
Succeeded by Matthew 9 |