1282. Continuing The New Testament Manual, Chapter 2, Matthew 1-4.
Chapter 2, in New Testament Manual I really want to continue what I started last week, after our Prophet Russell M. Nelson counseled us to have a new normal, in which we turn to our Savior Jesus Christ, and always remember Him in our thoughts and actions. Today is Chapter 2, in the New Testament Manual, which I am studying. We also are studying the Book of Mormon in “Come Follow Me.” Last week, I suggested that we could read Matthew, chapters 1 through 4. This week I will write about those chapters, and what we can learn from them. Early Christian writers have all agreed that the book of Matthew in the New Testament was surely written by Matthew, the apostle of Jesus. He may have used Mark’s Gospel, and Mark relied on Peter’s accounts of the Savior’s life. It was written around 70 to 90 A.D. Which means that it was about 35 to 45 years after Jesus died. Matthew wrote a lot to the Jews, and many times he referred to previous prophecies of the coming of the Messiah, with which the