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Matthew's Gospel contains the most references to the Old Testament, so much so that some believe that it could only have been written for Jews.

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What chapter of the New Testament contains the most names of Jesus?

Probably, Matthew due to him having the biggest gospel out of the 4 gospels.


What New Testament book relies on the most Old Testament books?

Matthew's Gospel contains more refereences to the Old Testament than any other New Testament book. Sometimes the author pointed to the Old Testament as prefiguring events in his Gospel, sometimes he would just write passages that reflected Old Testament passages and let the discerning reader find the parallel passage in the Old Testament. He wanted his Gospel to be seen as the successor to the Hebrew scriptures.


What book in the New Testament has the most Old Testament quotes?

I would say Matthew. Matthew was written specifically for Jews, who believe in the Old Testament.Answer:The book of Revelation contains the most references to verses in the Hebrew Scriptures (the 'Old Testament'). Messiah ('Jesus') most often quoted verses in the books of Deuteronomy, Psalms, and Isaiah. Every writer in the Messianic Scriptures (the 'New Testament') made reference to verses in the 'Old Testament.'


How does the Gospel of Matthew connect to the Old Testament?

The Gospel of Matthew makes more references to the Old Testament than any other gospel. The gospel was written in Greek Koine and we can not be certain whether the author had a good command of the Hebrew language, as his references were all to the Septuagint, a flawed early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. This is most evident in the author's reference to Isaiah 7:14 to say that a virgin would conceive and bear a child and his reliance on this as evidence that the virginity of Mary had been prophesied. Isaiah 7:14, in the original Hebrew, actually says, "the young woman", and the young woman in question did have a child a few verses later in Isaiah. The Septuagint had incorrectly translated 'the young woman' as 'a virgin', and Matthew's reliance on this demonstrates that he used the Septuagint scriptures. This gospel's use of the Old Testament is at its most profound in the nativity account, which makes use of many passages from the Septuagint and cleverly draws a parallel between Jesus and Moses of the Old Testament.


How long between Malachi and Matthew?

Most Bible scholars believe 400 years expired between the book of Malachi in the Old Testament and the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

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What book in the Bible mention sheep the most?

Based only on word count in the New King James version, without regard to usage or context, the Old Testament book of I Samuel contains the most references to "sheep," with 21. The New Testament gospel of John is second, with 19.


Which gospel quotes the Old Testament the most?

The Gospel of Matthew quotes the Old Testament the most among the four Gospels in the Bible.


What chapter of the New Testament contains the most names of Jesus?

Probably, Matthew due to him having the biggest gospel out of the 4 gospels.


What New Testament book relies on the most Old Testament books?

Matthew's Gospel contains more refereences to the Old Testament than any other New Testament book. Sometimes the author pointed to the Old Testament as prefiguring events in his Gospel, sometimes he would just write passages that reflected Old Testament passages and let the discerning reader find the parallel passage in the Old Testament. He wanted his Gospel to be seen as the successor to the Hebrew scriptures.


What book in the New Testament has the most Old Testament quotes?

I would say Matthew. Matthew was written specifically for Jews, who believe in the Old Testament.Answer:The book of Revelation contains the most references to verses in the Hebrew Scriptures (the 'Old Testament'). Messiah ('Jesus') most often quoted verses in the books of Deuteronomy, Psalms, and Isaiah. Every writer in the Messianic Scriptures (the 'New Testament') made reference to verses in the 'Old Testament.'


"How Long" in the New Testament?

Most Bible scholars believe 400 years expired between the book of Malachi in the Old Testament and the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.


How does the Gospel of Matthew connect to the Old Testament?

The Gospel of Matthew makes more references to the Old Testament than any other gospel. The gospel was written in Greek Koine and we can not be certain whether the author had a good command of the Hebrew language, as his references were all to the Septuagint, a flawed early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. This is most evident in the author's reference to Isaiah 7:14 to say that a virgin would conceive and bear a child and his reliance on this as evidence that the virginity of Mary had been prophesied. Isaiah 7:14, in the original Hebrew, actually says, "the young woman", and the young woman in question did have a child a few verses later in Isaiah. The Septuagint had incorrectly translated 'the young woman' as 'a virgin', and Matthew's reliance on this demonstrates that he used the Septuagint scriptures. This gospel's use of the Old Testament is at its most profound in the nativity account, which makes use of many passages from the Septuagint and cleverly draws a parallel between Jesus and Moses of the Old Testament.


Which gospel puts emphasis on the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy as a means of determining Jesus messanic status?

The Gospel According to St Matthew was apparently written specifically to convince the Jews that Christ was the Messiah promised by the Old Testament prophets, and therefore contains the most references to Old Testament scripture. All of the Gospel writers referenced writings of the ancient prophets to one degree or another, and even the Savior Himself referred to scriptures about His life and ministry, including quotes from Isaiah. Matthew, however, appears to have quoted the most. Mark apparently was writing to the Gentiles who would have been less grounded in the writings of Moses and other prophets. Luke's Gospel was written apparently to the same person referenced in Acts by the name of Theophilus. John is altogether different, preferring to show the Savior as a divine Son of God through His acts performed during his earthly ministry, but showing His true relationship with God as his literal Father.


How long between Malachi and Matthew?

Most Bible scholars believe 400 years expired between the book of Malachi in the Old Testament and the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.


Which gospel provides the most content of Jesus' life?

Luke's Gospel is the longest of the four New Testament gospels and the longest book in the New Testament. Since it is entirely about the life and mission of Jesus, it ought to provide the most content of Jesus' life. However, recent scholarship casts doubt on some of the material unique to Luke.Nearly all New Testament scholars say that Luke's Gospel is substantially based on Mark's Gospel. As scholars now believe Mark to have been the first New Testament gospel to be written, it is also more likely to contain actual historical material. However, Luke does not copy all of the gospel account from Mark, for some reason omitting an important sequence now known as the 'Missing Block' (Mark 6:45-8:26).In summary, Luke contains the most content on Jesus' life, but Mark provides the content closest to the original tradition of Jesus and therefore may contain a larger amount of actual historical material.


What is the most important book in the New Testament?

OpinionMark's Gospel is the most important book in the New Testament. The Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John all relied, directly or indirectly, on Mark for everything the authors knew about the life and mission of Jesus. Without Mark's Gospel we would not have Christianity as we know it today.


When were the beatitudes written?

Most New Testament scholars believe that Matthew's Gospel, which contains the eight beatitudes, was written in the 80s of the first century. They believe that Luke's Gospel, which contains four of the beatitudes in a slightly different form, was written around the turn of the century.The four beatitudes more or less common to both Matthewand Luke are understood to have been copied from the hypothetical 'Q' document, which was written around the middle of the first century.