In the very first sentence, matthew points to jesus as the fulfillment of old testament prophecy.

Webthis messianic prophecy, then, holds out hope for peace and righteousness through the reign of jesus the messiah.

The text can be divided into two sections:

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Webbut the same divine intention, looking forward to remote futurity, so framed the language of prophecy, that it should apply with still greater specialty to the times of the messiah.

Weba good commentary on matthew might include them;

Webmatthew, intent on establishing the triumphal entry as a fulfillment of prophecy of the coming of jesus as king to jerusalem, ignores some of the details and simply.

We are here concerned with.

Webthe old testament prophesied that the messiah would be the son of david;

Webthe old testament prophesied that the messiah would be the son of david;

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