LIST OF SIDEBARS

Matthew

Matthew: Important Facts

Early Church Testimony to Matthean Authorship

Jewish Marriage Customs: Betrothal and Wedding

The Fulfillment of “The Virgin Will Be With Child…”

The Christmas Star

Herod, King of the Jews

Modern Calendars and the Date of Jesus’ Birth

Baptism in the Ancient World

Pharisees and Sadducees

The Sea of Galilee

If the Salt Loses Its Saltiness

Not the Smallest Letter, Not the Least Stroke of a Pen (5:18)

Dogs and Pigs in the Ancient World

The Golden Rule

Military Units of the Roman Army

Rabbi Hanina Ben Dosa and Healing From a Distance

Excavating the House of Simon Peter

Jesus as the “Son of Man”

Flogging in the Synagogue

The Fortress Machaerus

Korazin and Bethsaida

John the Baptist’s Execution by Herod Antipas as Recorded by Josephus

Gennesaret

Herod Philip the Tetrarch and Caesarea Philipi

The “High Mountain” of Jesus’ Transfiguration

Common Fish in the Sea of Galilee

Jericho: Ancient and Herodian

The Seat of Moses

Phylacteries at Qumran

The High Priest, Caiaphas

The Ossuary of Caiaphas

The Day of the Lord’s Supper and Crucifixion During the Passion Week

The Trial of Jesus and the House of Caiaphas

Pilate, the Governor

Barabbas and the Thieves

Golgotha

The Women Followers of Jesus

The Resurrection of the Dead in Judaism and in Jesus