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One of the most frustrating passages in Luke's Gospel occurs in the story of the Road to Emmaus: Luke 24.26-27 If only Cleopas, or his companion, had taken notes of Jesus' tour through Scripture. Something similarly frustrating occurs early on in Mark's Gospel. Mark 1.21-22 When Matthew encounters this omission in Mark he responds with the Sermon on the Mount (inserted into the space between Mark 1.21 (combined with other scene-setting verses) and Mark 1.22).
If Matthew used Luke, as proponents of the MPH propose, then maybe he had a similar reaction in response to Luke 24.26-27? Could this be why Matthew presents virtually every major event in Jesus' life as a fulfilment of Scripture?
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AuthorAlan Garrow is Vicar of St Peter's Harrogate and a member of SCIBS at the University of Sheffield. Archives
August 2024
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