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Best Commentaries on Matthew

Matthew’s Gospel account was one of the most popular books in the early church. It gives a thorough account of Jesus’s life and identity as the Messiah descended from David who came to usher in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew’s Gospel also gives us a clear picture of discipleship and the New Testament ethic. The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 includes Jesus’s radical teaching on how believers should live in a hostile world.

As one of the synoptic Gospels, Matthew shares material with Mark and Luke. But while each of the four Gospels show how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament, Matthew’s account is the most explicitly and thoroughly Jewish; it’s first written to Israel. And while there’s a broad chronological progression to Matthew’s Gospel, he intentionally groups events together to create a more thematic presentation than Mark and Luke do.

Here are our top picks for commentaries on Matthew.

Preaching Commentaries

For pastors and Bible teachers preparing to proclaim the Word

Scholarly Commentaries

For pastors and theologians proficient in biblical Greek