Alright, buckle up buttercup. The five discourses in Matthew represent different teachings of Jesus, like a greatest hits album but with more parables and less catchy tunes. They cover topics like the Kingdom of Heaven, discipleship, the church, end times, and moral living. So basically, it's Jesus dropping truth bombs left and right for his followers to chew on.
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Alphaeus, surname Levi (Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27).
Reuben is mentioned in Matthew 1:3-5 in the genealogy of Jesus, as one of the sons of Jacob.
The only New Testament mention of Ruth is in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Matthew chapter one.Matt.1:5 - Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,[NKJV]
The Beatitudes are found in the New Testament book of Matthew, chapter 5 beginning with verse 3. The book was written by Matthew and the beatitudes were given to us by Jesus. He taught them to His disciples as they gathered on the side of a mountain. Jesus taught them this after seeing the multitude of people that had been following Him.
Matthew was a tax collector for the Roman government.
Matthew Biancaniello is 5' 11".
Matthew Obenshain is 5' 5".
Matthew Pabo is 5' 5".
Matthew Hepburn is 5' 10".
Journal of Discourses ended in 1886.
Discourses on Livy was created in 1531.
Christian Discourses was created in 1848.
Matthew 5:1-12
Matthew Van Howe is 6' 6".
You touch upon the question as to how the Gospel of Matthew is to be understood and interpreted, and the best we can say is that scholars disagree about this, as scholars will. Here is a sketch of one approach that aligns with your question. When we compare Matthew to the other gospels, it appears that Matthew is "the teaching Gospel" in which the author gathers together all the teachings of Jesus in 5 great discourses. These all can be summarized as being about the Kingdom of God as follows (1) The Law of the Kingdom (the Sermon on the Mount), chapter 5 (2) The duties of Kingdom leaders - chapter 10 (3) Parables of the Kingdom -13 (4) Greatness and Forgiveness in the Kingdom -18 (5) The coming of the King - 24 and 25
they represent the 5 continents of the world.