Blomberg’s Matthew Commentary
Pages 41 – 49

1. Most place Mark under the _______________ persecution in the mid- to late-__________., but the evidence is inferential.     Older scholarship frequently dated Luke-Acts to ca. __________, since that is when Luke’s story ends…  

2. We have no secure _________________ about how long the apostle Matthew lived or when he died….Blomberg says that “We must conclude with D. A. Carson, that any date between AD ________ and _______fits that data.  But perhaps a very slight preponderance of weight favors a date from ca ________ - _________.  

3.  Strictly speaking, this Gospel, like all four canonical Gospels, is ___________________.  The titles, “The Gospel according to X,” are almost certainly not _____________________.  These headings were probably added in the late __________ or early _____________ century.  

4. Canonical Matthew is written in relatively good __________, better, for example, than ___________ and not quite as polished as that of the native Greek writer, _____________.

5. What is Blomberg’s reasoning that Matthew could have been so capable in the Greek language?

6.  None of the Gospels is a ____________________ or ____________________ of Jesus according to modern standards of precision in reporting, accuracy in _________________, or nature of materials ___________________ and ___________________.

7. What does Blomberg say about ancient “standards of objectivity”?

8. Matthew’s Gospel concludes with the ringing call for believers to evangelize all of the _________________, based on the absolute, ________________, and divine sovereignty of Jesus, thus assuming that no other _________________ adequately satisfies the deepest of human ______________ either for this life or the life to come (28:18-20).

9. The Great Commission, like the rest of Matthew defines evangelism. How does Blomberg define it?

10.  Should a Christian world-view expect all humanity to agree with the claims of Matthew about who Christ is?  Why or why not?

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