Who was Matthew's audience?
Following the search phrase “who was the audience of Matthew?” turning up this website, I thought I would elaborate for future reference (assuming the searcher meant to add “‘s Gospel”). The Gospel of Matthew was written for a primarily Jewish audience. The book contains many references to Old Testament prophecies fulfilled, which leads to the belief that its readers would have been familiar with the Jewish Scriptures. Some scholars believe that it was written to aid the evangelistic efforts of some of the first Jewish converts, by explaining how it all began and how it fits in with the promise of the coming Messiah. Hope that’s of some help. Theopedia has more.
Matthew @ 12:21, March 27, 2006 to Miscellaneous | Comments (0)
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