Evangelium nach Matthäus

Evangelium nach Matthäus (griech. εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Μαθθαῖον) ist das erste der vier kanonischen Evangelien und das erste Buch des Neuen Testamentes. Zusammen mit dem Evangelium nach Markus und Lukas gehört es zu den synoptischen Evangelien.

Verfasser

Es wurde geschrieben vom Apostel Matthäus, einem früheren Steuereintreiber, der einer der zwölf Apostel wurde.

Although the document is internally anonymous, the authorship of this Gospel has been traditionally ascribed to St. Matthew. The surviving testimony of the Church Fathers is unanimous in this view, and the tradition had been accepted by Christians at least as early as the 2nd century up to modern times. In addition, the title "According to Matthew" is found in the earliest codices, which date to the fourth century.[1] According to Tradition, after Pentecost St. Matthew preached the Good News of the Lord's Resurrection throughout Palestine. Then, "at the request of the Jewish converts at Jerusalem, the holy Apostle Matthew wrote his Gospel describing the earthly life of the Savior before leaving to preach the Gospel in faraway lands."[2] He then left to preach his Gospel in Syria, Media, Persia, Parthia, before being martyred in Ethiopia. Because it was first recorded in Palestine, there is some speculation and evidence that Matthew's Gospel was originally written in Aramaic, though the earliest surviving version now in existence is in Greek. According to the OCA, "many of the linguistic and cultural-historical peculiarities of the Greek translation give indications of it [the Gospel's original Aramaic form]."[2] It was probably written somewhere from AD 60-65, though more liberal scholars put the date at 80-100. OWIK

Liturgischer Gebrauch

In general, the text of the gospel of St. Matthew is used most consistently in liturgical worship of the Orthodox Church. This may be because it was the most common gospel in the very early Churches. It contains the version of the beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer that is used in services. Only this gospel contains the post-resurrection order of the Lord to his apostles, "to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19). And it contains the longest and most detailed record of Christ's teachings in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7). OWIK

Weblinks

• Wikipedia: Evangelium nach Matthäus
• OrthodoxWiki: Gospel of Matthew (englisch)

• Wikipedia: Gospel of Matthew (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

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Kanon der Heiligen Schrift - Neues Testament

Vorheriges Buch ( Neues_Testament )

Bücher des Neuen Testamentes

Nächstes Buch ( Evangelium nach Markus )