Matthew 1:
Matthew was written for Jews by a Jew in order to establish Jesus as the messiah. I wonder what some of the people were thinking when reading this. I know sometimes in today's world I question peoples faith and beliefs that seem strange and foreign to me within my own faith. I feel this is probably what Matthew would have experienced, the difference obviously being that his life would have been on the line.
I think the first verse, although only a sentence, speaks volumes about…
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