STUDY NOTES: MATTHEW 11-12

Structure

• 11:1 end the Mission Discourse and transition to Increasing Opposition
• 11:2-28 Interprets John the Baptist and Jesus’ own deeds
• 12:1-21 Declaration and revelation of authority (Sabbath)
• 12:22-50 Proper and improper response to Jesus

Flow

• Matt 10: Proclamation of the Kingdom—persecution and opposition are assured to the disciples
• Matt 11-12: Surprise of the Kingdom—opposition to Jesus arises; ends with disciples as brother, sister, mother
• Matt 13: Mysteries of the Kingdom—parables of the mysteries of the kingdom

Themes

• Kingdom
• This Generation
• Response to Jesus

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