INDEX OF SUBJECTS

This is a selective index, both in the choice of subjects to be listed and in the references collected under each heading. It does not aim to record every occurrence of a given word or theme, but only those which are likely to be of most interest to the reader, and which together provide a guide to how that subject is treated in this commentary.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z


A

Abraham, 29, 34–35, 111–12, 840

Adultery, 51, 192n.48, 204–6, 209, 211, 489

Age (aiōn), 484, 531n.3, 535, 683–84, 895–96, 966–67

Amen, 184

Angel, 52, 90, 136, 535–36, 647, 686–87, 839, 927, 939, 960, 965, 1014, 1099–1100

Antichrist, 912n.55

Antiochus Epiphanes, 782, 911–13

Antipas, 90, 140, 427, 551–56

Apostle, 375, 377, 413n.6

Archelaus, 90–91

Atonement, 761–63, 988, 992–94, 1074, 1076–77

Authority, 198–99, 297–99, 302, 311, 314–15, 330–31, 337, 348, 360, 377, 443, 493, 625–27, 695–97, 742–44, 759–60, 796–99, 1016, 1112–13

Authorship of Matthew, 15, 352, 545n.7

B

Balaam, 62

Banking, 258, 955

Bannus, 100, 105, 107, 356

Baptism, 99, 107–9, 113–14, 798, 1116–18

Barabbas, 1046n.3, 1050, 1053–54, 1068, 1072

Beatitude, 159–64, 425, 515, 619, 944

Beelzebul, 369, 402, 476, 478

Bethany, 790, 973–74

Bethlehem, 61, 65–66, 72–73, 85, 88

Bethsaida, 146–47, 378, 438, 561

Betray (al), 374n.3, 663–64, 977, 989–90, 1008, 1011

Birkat ha-Minim, 16

Blasphemy, 346, 482–84, 1020–21, 1029, 1068n.1

Blessing, 161, 562, 603, 727–28, 962, 991, 993

Blind (ness), 365–68, 585, 764–66, 788, 867

Boat, ancient (Ginosar), 336

Bread, 130–31, 247–49, 278n.2, 281, 458–59, 528, 560, 562, 601, 607, 610, 987–88, 991–92

Brother/sister, 200, 276, 497–98, 691, 863, 958–59, 964

Burial, 329, 556, 875–76, 975, 1041, 1088–89, 1090–91, 1092,n.6

C

Caesarea Philippi, 615, 619, 646

Caiaphas, 783n.5, 971, 1018, 1021

Camel, 737–38, 874

Canaanite, 592

Capernaum, 140–41, 311, 320–21, 344, 351, 437, 439, 667

Capital punishment, 199–200, 1018–19, 1029–30, 1035

Celibacy, 722–26, 740n.4

Child, 676–79, 726–28, 788–89

Chosen, 747n.9, 827–28, 915–16, 917, 927

Church, 532–33, 623–24, 673–75, 691–93, 696, 823

Cloud, 649–50

Cockcrow, 1000, 1034

Coming of the Son of Man, 396–98, 637, 639–41, 891, 891n.4, 893n.7, 923–24, 959–60, 1027–28, 1112–13

Commandment, see Decalogue

Compassion, 373, 561, 706, 766

Court of the Gentiles, 770, 783, 786–87, 797

Covenant, 995

Crowd, 152, 156, 297–99, 348, 372, 426, 501, 510, 529–30, 534, 561, 582, 658, 765, 773–74, 779–81, 819, 841, 858, 972, 1051–58

Crucifixion, 410–11, 638, 754, 1030, 1055–56, 1063–68, 1074–75

Cup, 416, 758, 874–75, 993–94, 1005

Cynics, 384–85

D

Date of Matthew, 18–19, 203n.89, 668n.15, 872, 913

David, 29–30, 34–35, 72, 458–59, 774, 788, 850–51

Deaf/dumb, 359, 369, 596n.3

Decalogue, 200, 204, 455, 576, 579, 586, 733–34, 843

Decapolis, 151, 152, 325, 340, 598

Delay of parousia, 938, 945, 947, 949, 954

Demon-possession, 151–52, 321, 338–43, 369, 377, 475–80, 493–94, 657–61

Disciple (ship), 112–13, 145–48, 153–54, 171–77, 324–31, 335, 375–79, 400–401, 412–16, 496, 510–11, 515, 544–46, 607–8, 643, 645–46, 672–75, 710–11, 735–37, 741–42, 979, 1001, 1089–90

Discipline, 673, 690–94

Discourses, 8–10, 153–56, 370–71, 498–501, 672–74, 856–57, 889–94, 898–901, 936–38

Divorce, 50–52, 206–13, 554, 713–21

Dog, 276–78, 594–95

Donkey, 773–74, 775–79

‘Doubling’ by Matthew, 339–40, 365–66, 765, 779

Dove, 121–22, 391

Dream, 52, 76, 1054–55

E

Egypt, flight to, 77–79

Ekklēsia. See Church

Elijah, 106, 129–30, 427–28, 431–32, 616, 648–49, 652–55, 1077

Epilepsy, 659–60

Essenes, 384–85

Eternal punishment, 115–16, 403, 537, 683–84, 966–67

Eucharist, 558, 562–63, 601, 988, 991–95

Eunuch, 724–25

Exodus typology, 80–81, 105, 127–28, 988

Exorcism, see Demon-possession

Eye, 260–62

F

Faith, 265–67, 270, 315, 344, 363, 367, 550, 570–71, 590, 595–96, 662–63, 681, 794–95

Family, 329–331, 393–94, 408–10, 494–98, 549–50, 741–42, 745

Fasting, 130, 254–55, 355–56

Fig-tree, 790–94, 929

Fish, fishing, 145–47, 281, 542–43, 562, 671

Food-laws, 180, 576, 583–84

Forgiveness, 108, 249–51, 252–54, 343–48, 699–700, 702–5, 708, 994

Formula-quotations, 11–14, 54–58, 71–73, 79–81, 85–88, 91–95, 141–43, 321–23, 470–73, 530, 777–78, 1042–45

Fruit, 111, 290–91, 484, 522, 792–94, 810, 812, 817

Fulfilment, 10–11, 25–26, 45, 56–57, 61–64, 104–5, 119–20, 177–86, 196–99, 282–84, 427–29, 431, 514, 653–54, 997, 1014–15, 1045, 1060, 1067

G

Galilee, Galilean, 6, 90–91, 139–43, 437, 709, 765, 771, 977, 999, 1033, 1101, 1110

Galilee and Jerusalem, 5–7, 41–42, 89, 136–37, 612, 628–29, 767, 771, 773, 781–82, 1033, 1050, 1051, 1104, 1107

Gematria, 31

Genealogy, 28–33

‘Generation, this,’ 432, 489, 492, 494, 606, 660–61, 881–82, 930

Gentiles, 16–18, 36–37, 67, 143, 309–10, 316–19, 381–82, 392, 588, 589–96, 597–98, 600–603, 693–94, 908–9, 976, 1083–85, 1114–15

Gethsemane, 1002, 1003, 1076

Giving, 222–23, 235–38, 259, 730–31, 735–37, 975

“Golden Rule,” 282–84

Golgotha, 1065–66

Good news, 150–51, 424, 905, 908–9, 976

H

Hades, 439, 491n.14, 624

Hammurabi, 219, 220

Harvest, 373–74, 505–6, 526, 532, 535

Hell (see also Eternal punishment), 200–202, 403, 537, 683, 967

Herod (the Great), 63, 66, 69–70, 74, 82–85, 90

Herod Antipas, see Antipas

Herodians, 831–32

High Priest, 971, 1021, 1024–25, 1029

Holy Spirit, 50–51, 113–14, 118, 121–22, 393, 479–80, 482–83, 850, 1116–18

Hosanna, 780, 788

Hospitality, 386–87, 413–16

Humility, 450, 676–79

Hypocrite, 232, 236–37, 276, 581, 833, 855, 869, 945–46

I

Immanuel, 49, 56–58, 698, 1119

‘Israel, New,’ 80–81, 111, 127–28, 316–319, 376–77, 623–24, 743–44, 800–801, 810–11, 815–17, 822–23, 827–28, 924, 927–28, 994–95, 1057–58, 1085

J

James and John, 145–46, 148, 645–46, 756–59, 1002–6, 1068, 1087

Jeremiah, 86, 87, 616, 787, 888, 1043

Jericho, 764–65

Jerusalem, destruction of, 18–19, 397n.26, 792–93, 800–801, 822, 824–25, 853, 855–56, 882–85, 888–89, 891, 894, 899–901, 910–11, 920–23, 930, 1058, 1080

Jesus (the name), 34, 48–49, 53, 58–59, 1046n.3, 1053

John the Baptist, 97–116, 119, 140, 355–56, 418–35, 553–56, 615–16, 652–55, 797–99, 805–6, 877

Jonah, 489–92, 620, 633–34

Joseph, 39, 47–48, 51, 75, 78–79, 497, 549

Joseph of Arimathea, 739, 1088–90

Judas Iscariot, 379, 664, 977–78, 990–91, 1009, 1011–12, 1037–41

Judea, 65, 90–91, 100, 152, 709–10, 781, 910, 914, 1051, 1106

Judge (ment), 112, 115, 199–203, 205–6, 273–78, 294–95, 405, 467n.5, 485–86, 533, 535–37, 639–40, 682–84, 708, 743–44, 816–17, 826–27, 873, 881–85, 922–23, 939, 941, 945–46, 957–67

K

“King of the Jews,” 61, 67–68, 1048–52, 1061–63, 1068, 1071

Kingdom of Heaven/God, 101–104, 151, 164, 165, 188, 190, 246–47, 264n.8, 270–272, 316–19, 429–30, 480, 499–500, 511, 526–27, 539–41, 625, 677–78, 705, 710–11, 725n.39, 737, 804–5, 817, 869, 995

Kingdom of the Son of Man, 535–36, 640–41, 742–43, 757, 960–61, 1113

Kosmos, 134–35, 175, 535, 682

L

Labor pains, 904

Lamp, 176, 260–61

Last Supper, date of, 981–85

Law, 177–88, 195–98, 282–84, 308–9, 431, 579–81, 714, 716–20, 733–34, 842–47, 859–61, 872–74, 906–7

Leaven, 528, 607, 609

Leprosy, 305–309, 383, 974

Life, eternal, 258, 533–34, 537, 639–40, 683–84, 732–33, 741, 745, 839, 966

Light, 175–77, 260–61

Little faith, 264n.6, 270, 571, 662

Little ones, 415–16, 441, 444, 674, 681–82, 685–89, 958, 964

Lord, 293, 303n.7, 462–63, 776, 850–51

Love, 223–27, 263,n.33, 282–84, 734, 843–46, 907

M

Magi, 64, 66–67, 75–76

Mammon, 256n.8, 262–63, 736–37

Marriage, 50, 208, 209–10, 554–55, 716–18, 722–26, 835n.2, 837–38, 839

Martyrdom, 393–94, 403, 410–11, 636–40, 878–80, 1002n.10

Mary, 39–40, 48–52, 75, 495, 1087

Matthew (the disciple), 351–52

Messiah, 25, 34, 41–42, 71–72, 94–95, 127, 422–23, 612, 614–15, 618–19, 627–28, 631–32, 634, 773–75, 777–78, 784–85, 848–52, 864, 902–3, 916–17, 998, 1024–26, 1030–31, 1045, 1048, 1053

Mockery, 1030–31, 1060–63, 1068–72

Money, 258, 262–63, 384, 668, 703–8, 749–50, 783, 830, 833, 950–57, 978–79, 1041, 1043, 1105

Moses typology, 63–64, 77, 82, 90, 129–30, 157, 301n.2, 559, 644–45, 647–50

Mount of Olives, 773–75, 790, 795, 887, 894, 996, 1003, 1083n.47

Mountain, 134, 157, 598n.8, 644–45, 646–47, 662, 795, 1110

Murder, 199–201

N

Nature,, lessons from, 264n.2, 265–66, 268, 269–70, 403–5, 604n.1, 606, 918, 929

Nazareth/Nazarene, 7, 41–42, 89, 91–95, 140, 548–50, 781, 1033

Nazirite, 92–93, 107, 331n.29, 420n.12

Neighbor, 223–24, 734, 846

Nisan 14/15, 981–83, 989, 1093

O

Oaths, 213–17, 871–72, 1024, 1026, 1033–34

Old Testament, creative use of, 12–13, 25–26, 40–41, 45, 55–58, 72–73, 79–81, 86–88, 92–95, 317–18, 322, 742–44, 778–79, 789, 840–41, 1039, 1041–45

P

Parable, 296–97, 433, 499–500, 502, 508–10, 522n.1, 529–30, 583, 685, 688, 704, 799–801, 819, 821–23, 936, 952–53, 960

parousia, 395–96, 398, 890–93, 895, 901, 917–18, 924, 936–43, 959–60

Passover, 765, 771, 776, 790, 792, 970, 979–85, 987–89, 991–93, 996, 1052

Peace, 169, 386–87, 408, 777

Perfect, 228–29, 734, 736

Persecution, 170, 172–73, 225–26, 370, 388–95, 402–5, 408–11, 905–7

Peter, 146–47, 320–21, 378, 567, 570–71, 585, 613, 617–27, 634–35, 645, 649, 666–71, 676, 699–700, 999–1000, 1002–6, 1017, 1021, 1031–34, 1039

Petros/petra, 620–23

Pharisees, 109–10, 188–89, 353–54, 456–57, 463–66, 576, 578, 582, 584, 605, 609, 715, 769, 819, 831–32, 844, 853–55, 858–82, 1093

Pig, 276–78, 341–42

Pontius Pilate, 1036, 1047–59, 1090, 1094–95, 1105

Poor/poverty, 163–65, 235, 735–37, 742, 749, 963–64, 975

Prayer, 238–54, 279–80, 443–44, 569, 662–63, 697–99, 786–87, 794–95, 1001–2, 1004–7, 1075–77

Prophet (Christian), 289–90, 413–14, 427n.29, 878, 906, 916–17

Proselyte, 108, 870

Psychē, 267, 399n.4, 403, 411, 449, 638–39, 1004

Purity, ritual, 108, 307, 313, 341, 361–63, 575–78, 583–84, 586–87, 874–76

Q

Qaddish, 243–44

Qorban, 580

Queen of Sheba, 62, 76, 492–93

Qumran, 108–9, 165, 176n.23, 198n.71, 207n.100, 225, 464, 722n.28, 762n.24, 1025, 1030

R

‘Rabbi,’ 862, 990, 1012

Rachel, 86–88

Ramah, 87–88

Readiness, 939, 941–43, 944, 947–48, 950–52, 957

Repentance, 101, 111, 117, 438, 803, 806, 1039–40

Resurrection, 358n.7, 365, 383, 491–92, 629, 632–33, 644n.11, 652–53, 811, 836–41, 999, 1081–83, 1094, 1097–1103

Retaliation, 219–221

Retribution, 217–18

Reward, 164, 172–73, 227, 235, 238, 257–59, 383–84, 386, 414–16, 639–40, 739–46, 748–52, 944, 954–56

Righteous (ness), 51, 119–20, 167, 169–70, 189–90, 197, 232–34, 270–71, 355, 414, 537, 805–6, 964

Rights, 217–222

S

Sabbath, 453–65, 915, 1088–89, 1093, 1098–99

Sadducees, 109–10, 605., 836–37

Salt, 173–75

Samaritans, 152, 382

Sanhedrin, 70–71, 632, 798, 1011, 1018–20, 1021–22, 1030, 1071

Sanhedrin trial, legality of, 1018–20

Satan, 126, 129, 135, 251, 479, 481, 520, 535, 634–35, 965

Save/salvation, 53–54, 358n.5, 363, 394–95, 738–39, 907, 1071

Scribes, 188–89, 298–99, 325–26, 346, 488, 544–46, 652–53, 769, 844, 853–55, 858–82, 879

Secrecy, 232–33, 236, 238, 239, 308, 365, 368, 443, 469–70, 472, 507–10, 511, 527, 530, 546, 627, 652, 774–75, 785, 1017

Seed, 503–5, 519, 525, 527

Servant of Yahweh, 94–95, 120–21, 123, 321–23, 452, 468, 470–73, 631–32, 762–63, 994, 1015, 1024, 1030, 1089

Sheep/shepherd, 72, 290, 372–73, 382, 390, 464–65, 685–89, 960–62, 998–99, 1044–45

Sign, 486–90, 605–6, 916–18, 925–27, 936, 939

Sin, 54, 107–8, 117, 250, 343–48, 482–84, 690–92, 699–700, 761–62, 988, 994

Sinners, 353, 355, 1008

Slave, 262, 312, 400–401, 705–8, 760, 812, 943–45, 953–56

Snake, 110, 390–91, 485

Sodom and Gomorrah, 387, 439

Solomon, 62, 268, 269, 367n.22, 477n.17, 493, 502, 774

Son of David, 32, 35, 47–48, 53, 366–67, 477, 593, 765, 773, 780–81, 788, 848–52

Son of God, 49–50, 78, 80–81, 118–19, 123–24, 127–28, 130–33, 341, 442–43, 445–46, 571, 615, 618–19, 642, 650, 811, 813–14, 849, 939–40, 1004–5, 1024–25, 1070–72, 1084–89, 1118

Son of Man, 326–28, 347, 462, 484, 534–35, 614–15, 639–41, 742–44, 760–61, 923–28, 957–60, 1027–28

Star of Bethlehem, 62, 65, 68–69, 74

Stone, 111–12, 811, 814–15, 817–18

Structure of Matthew, 2–5, 137–38, 144, 299–302, 417–18, 500–501, 628–29, 767–69, 799–801, 856–57, 1107

Stumbling, 205–6, 418n.3, 425, 521, 536, 550, 574n.7, 635, 670, 680–84, 906, 997

Synagogue, 149–50, 235–36, 238, 388n.3, 391, 463, 549, 859, 862

Synoptic Problem, 20–22

Syria, 151

T

Talent, 706, 933n.18, 951, 953

Taxation, 351, 665–71, 783, 829–34

Tax-collector, 351–52, 693–94, 804

Teacher, 325, 354, 488, 667, 732, 832, 859, 863, 985, 1118

Temple (see also, 131–32, 459–61, 623, 668–70, 768, 770, 782–87, 871–72, Jerusalem, destruction of), 883–84, 886–89, 909–10, 911–13, 1022–24, 1040–41, 1079–81

Temptation/testing, 126–27, 251–52, 833, 842, 1005–6

Tithing, 872–73

Tradition, 579–82

Transfiguration, 641, 642–51

Treasure, 256–59, 485, 540–41, 730, 735

Trinity, 393, 1117–18

Twelve, the, 375–79, 380, 389, 395, 741–44, 753, 980, 989–90, 1011, 1086–87, 1110

Typology, 11–12, 61–64, 77–78, 80–81, 127–28, 452, 490–93

Tyre and Sidon, 438, 592, 612n.7

U

Understanding, 507, 512–15, 519–21, 544–46, 582–83, 585, 608, 610–11

Unforgivable sin, 482–84

V

Vineyard, 749–50, 803, 807–814

Virgin conception, 28n.7, 42n.4, 48, 50–51, 55–56, 58–59

Vows, 213–14, 580–81

W

Wealth, 257–60, 262–63, 728–39, 1089–90

Wedding, 356, 433, 823–24, 826–27, 946–49

Wilderness, 100, 105, 127–29, 426–27, 559, 917

Will of God, 247, 292, 294, 404, 497–98, 803–4, 1002, 1005–6

Wine, 357, 434, 987–88, 993–94, 995, 1066–67, 1078

Wisdom, 434–35, 441–42, 444, 447, 879–80, 883n.5

Withdrawal, 76n.2, 138n.2, 140, 469–70, 560, 587–88, 591

Woes, 162, 438, 682, 856, 867–68, 914, 990

Women, 36–38, 375n.4, 498, 756–57, 972–76, 1085–87, 1091, 1098, 1100–1102

Worry, 265–72, 392, 521

Y

Yoke, 448–50, 861

Z

Zealots, 222, 374n.2, 378, 777–78, 809, 829–30, 834, 903, 910, 913, 1014, 1053–54, 1068

Zechariah (priest), 880–81