Bringing the Gospel of Matthew to Life: Insight and Inspiration (Opening the Scriptures)

Biblical commentator George Martin has dedicated his career to showing Catholics how to read Scripture as the word of God. His easy to understand, verse-by-verse exposition of the Gospel of Matthew helps readers grasp not only the author’s original meaning, but also what God is saying to his people today. This book features: Background sections, with fascinating details relating to the history, geography, and culture of Palestine, along with definitions of the root meaning words used by Matthew; References to and quotations of parallel passages in the Old and New Testaments; Reflection questions that provide opportunities to pray over Matthew’s words and apply his teaching to our lives.The author’s writing is sound and well-researched, but popular rather than academic, so it enables readers to study and pray through Matthew at the same time.