Matthew 4
Dear RTB’ers,
Today’s reading covers Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, His “settling” in Capernaum, and His calling His first disciples. But what struck me was the few verses after these incidents: And He went throughout all Galilee, teaching … and proclaiming the gospel … and healing every disease and every affliction … and they brought Him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and He healed them. (vv. 23-24) Matthew covers in a few verses what we see in multiple chapters in Mark and Luke and what would have been a whole season in The Chosen. [NOTE: Yes, we will see much healing in later chapters, but Matthew says a lot in these few verses without going into detail.] My Study Bible noted that Matthew has a much larger focus on teaching (with a major focus on parables) than any of the other gospel writers. We will see this fully tomorrow when we begin the Sermon on the Mount, three chapters covering the next six days.
Blessings!
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