GOSPEL OF MATTHEW CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 21 Christ enters Jerusalem. (1-11) He drives out those who profaned the temple. (12-17) The barren fig-tree cursed. (18-22) Jesus' discourse in the temple. (23-27) The parable of the two sons. (28-32) The parable of the wicked husbandmen. (33-46)
Read Ma5hew 21:1-11 What do you think about the disciples just ging and taking the donkey and the colt? Verse 7 says that Jesus road in on a donkey AND a colt. What do you think about this?
Read Zechariah 9:9 This is wriuen in poevc form and the author reexplains donkey with the word colt. They are not separate animals. However, when the OT was translated to the Septuagint (Greek translavon) he misunderstood this and ended up with two animals. When Jesus was entering on this side of Jerusalem, Pilate and his army were entering via a different road. Contrast the two?
Read Ma5hew 21:12-17 Why was Jesus upset with the moneychangers? Is it OK for Jesus (us) to get angry when we see injusvce?
Read Ma5hew 21:18-22 NoVce that Jesus did not spend the night in Jerusalem. He went back to Bethany where it was safe. This cursing of the barren fig-tree represents the state of hypocrites in general. What is the relavon of the fig tree to hypocrites?
Read Ma5hew 21:23-27 What do you think about Jesus courage to go and teach in the Temple?
Read Ma5hew 21:28-32 Jesus is essenvally saying that all these self righteous people will not get into the kingdom, but prosvtutes and tax collectors will. NoVce, once again Jesus is not talking about heaven and hell but about ge^ng into the kingdom. What do you think about this parable?
Read Ma5hew 21:33-46 In the 1 st century, there was resentment against absentee landowners Vineyard is a symbol of Israel form of government, a theocracy - government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided What do you think about having a theocracy as our form of government?
The real quesvon here is did Jesus proclaim his Messiahship. Did He? This story has is no problem for those who think He did For those who think he did not, there a problems They claim that this is an allegory, which Jesus seldom used Hedge could be oral law and the tower could be the temple Jesus had refused to do this in the past We really don t know which is correct
This is a rewrite of Isaiah 5:1-5 Householder cared for the vineyard like Yahweh did Refers to Israel and fruits of righteousness Sharecropping system where farmer paid expenses and returned to landowner25-50% of profits Galilee had been in a state of unrest since a revolt in 6AD so this may have happened How does this parable reflect current Vmes?
V.41 refers to ChrisVan church V.42 is from Psalms 118:22-23 that played a role in the triumphal entry Early ChrisVans liked to use the analogy of the stone with Jesus Cornerstone in those days had to be strong to bind two walls Temple cornerstones were 19 feet long and 7 feet thick When disaster strikes in our lives, we need Jesus as the cornerstone and our faith as the foundavon If we discard Him our lives can crumble around us Have you faced hard Vmes so that many of the bad things fall away and the foundavon and cornerstone are lec?
The navon in V.43 refers to both Jews and GenVles V.44 lef out of some texts Jesus, like the Pharisees was a champion to the lower people against the corrupt high priestly group What is your opinion of corrupt polivcal or religious groups?