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Matthew
4:12-23
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Reading the Text:
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
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"Kingdom and Repentance,"
"Fishing for Humans,"
"In Capernaum's Synagogue,"
"To Other Places," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
| Stephen Carlson's color-coded Greek Synoptic Parallels: 4:12-17, 4:18-22, 4:23-25. |
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Homily XIV
- Matthew 4:12, Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, St. Chrysostom (c.
380) |
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Commentary on a Harmony of the
Evangelists, John Calvin, 1558:
Matthew 4:12, 17/Mark 1:14-15, Luke 3:19-20/Luke 4:14-15,
Matthew 4:13-16,
Matthew 4:18-25/Mark 1:16-20/Luke 5:1-11. |
| From the
Catena
Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Christ, thinking that he would
eventually depart from us, even at the beginning of his preaching gets
himself disciples of a heavenly sort, poor and unlearned, and therefore
such as might be left as honest witnesses of the truth of those things
which they heard and saw." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "He went not to Herod's court,
not to Jerusalem, among the chief priests and the elders, but to the sea
of Galilee, among the fishermen. The same power which called Peter and
Andrew, could have wrought upon Annas and Caiaphas, for with God nothing
is impossible. But Christ chooses the foolish things of the world to
confound the wise." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Although it is the peculiar
business of Christ to establish the kingdom of heaven in the hearts of
men, yet it is observable, he begins his preaching in the same words
with John the Baptist: because the repentance which John taught still
was, and ever will be, the necessary preparation for that inward
kingdom." |
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| "Christ's
First and Last Subject,"
Luke 24:47; Matthew 4:17, Charles H. Spurgeon,
1860. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Our Lord sometimes speaks of
the new kingdom as already come--in His own Person and ministry; but the
economy of it was only "at hand" until the blood of the cross was shed,
and the Spirit on the day of Pentecost opened the fountain for sin and
for uncleanness to the world at large." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "They obeyed at once. Thus Christ
ought always to be obeyed. No excuses for delay were offered, or should
ever be." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary,
Matthew 4:12-23, Audrey West, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2008. |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Epiphany 3, Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Fishing for Christ," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
| "What does it mean for you to be
a fisherman, a fisherwoman for Christ?" |
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Epiphany 3,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "It is not scalp hunting but
seeking out people to follow, in the way that Jesus has sought out the
disciples, engaging them in the vision and agenda of the kingdom which
will widen their horizons taking them into dark and unfamiliar places, but
with light and compassion." |
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Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Epiphany 3, 2005. Biblical Scholar Sarah
Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
| "Becoming a
"fisher for people" is going to bring these Galilean fishers not
only into relationship with Jesus, but into a whole new network of
relationships with others. Their relationship with Herod Antipas and
the powers of this world, with the hated toll collectors, with their
neighbors, with their families, with Gentiles and Pharisees, with
anyone who hears Jesus' call and, responding to it, becomes a sister
or brother ... none of these will ever be the same." |
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Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
| "What should be our response to
the coming of heaven's rule? Surprisingly, it is not worship or praise,
but repentance." |
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| "The Land of Deep
Darkness," Blogging toward Sunday,
Edmund Searcy,
Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, 2008.
| "To our continuing surprise, the
kingdom of heaven is closest to those who face the fact that they
are not capable of lighting the darkness." |
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Preaching Matthew 4:12-23, Anna Carter Florence, Lectionary
Homiletics sample.
| "What a brilliant stroke: Jesus’ call to each of
us begins not with what he knows, but with what we
know. It begins not with what he does best, but with what
we do best." |
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Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia. |
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"What About Zebedee?" Mark Ralls, The Christian Century,
2005.
| "When Christ calls, he beckons us
beyond the point of familiarity, asking us to risk doing something
we don’t know how to do, to become someone we’re not yet sure we
know how to be." |
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"Third Sunday after Epiphany: Matthew 4:12-23," Revelation and Response: Matthean Texts
for Christmas and Epiphany, Carol Mork,
Word & World: Theology
for Christian Ministry, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1989. |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Ordinary 3A, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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"Fleeing
Before Herod (Matt 4:12-13)," Fred B. Craddock, The Christian Century.
At Religion Online.
| "What, then, are we to make of
the text? It certainly is not an attractive picture, Jesus withdrawing and
moving again and again. Is there any Good News here? Yes. First, that
Jesus can and does identify with the uprooted, the pursued, the victim, is
in itself an encouraging and redeeming word..." |
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"Light Has
Dawned," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"They Were Fishers..."
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "Those who considered following Jesus would look
at his uncouth disciples and either say; 'If he accepts them—maybe
he will take me.' Or, 'I’m not going to hang around people like
that!'" |
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"The
Call to Adventure (Matthew 4:17-22)," John C. Purdy. Chapter 2 of Returning God's Call: The Challenge of Christian Living. At Religion
Online.
| "Wherever
the church allows "the kingdom of heaven is at hand" to be
separated from Jesus' call to working people to follow him, the game is
up. The vital nerve of the Christian movement has been severed." |
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"Being Whole Rather than Cured,"
Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
| "Meditation is a form of prayer that asks us to follow
Christ by letting go of all." |
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"A Light to the Nations," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story,
Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "Who do you know that is wise?
Who truly 'enlightens' you?" |
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"A
Calculated Withdrawal," Expository Essay, Bill Long.
Part 2. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Capernaum,"
"Calling the Disciples," wikipedia. |
| "The
Galilean Fishing Economy and the Jesus Tradition,"
by
K.C. Hanson.
| "I employ a model of embedded
economics to articulate the relationships between the various players in
the sub-system: the Roman emperors; Herod Antipas; the tax administrators;
the brokers, tax collectors, and toll collectors; the fishing families;
the hired laborers; the suppliers of raw goods and other products; fish
processors; and shippers and carters." |
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| Fishing in the NT- A
Misunderstood Analogy for Evangelism by Daniel B. Wallace at the Biblical Studies
Foundation.
| "The imagery has nothing to do
with 'hooking' the unbeliever with the gospel. Further, the picture is not
individualistic: the point is not one person being reeled in at a time.
All of this has to do with line-fishing, but this is not the picture seen
in this text." |
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Capharnaum, featuring
information and images from 19 seasons of excavations conducted by the late Fr.
Virgilio C. Corbo ofm and Fr. Stanislao Loffereda ofm. |
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"The
Power of Alliance," by Bill Wylie-Kellermann, in Sojourners OnLine, Sept/Oct 1998.
| "Biblically, theologically,
ethically, even pastorally, it is incumbent upon the church to stand with
workers, to be with them in the struggle for justice, to join them in
holding corporations accountable to human community." |
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"How
to Be a Disciple," Dallas Willard. Adapted from The Divine Conspiracy:
Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God. Reprinted in The Christian Century,
1998. At Religion OnLine.
| "When we have achieved clarity on 'the costs' -- on what is gained
and what is lost by becoming or failing to become his apprentice -- an effective decision
is then possible. But still it must be made. It will not just happen. We do not drift into
discipleship." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed
and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology
Journals.):
| Carter, Warren,
"Evoking Isaiah: Matthean Soteriology and an Intertextual Reading of Isaiah
7-9 and Matthew 1:23 and 4:15-16," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2000.
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| Carter, Warren, "Matthew and the
Gentiles: Individual Conversion and/or Systemic Transformation,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
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| Carter, Warren,
"Matthew 4:18-22 and Matthean Discipleship: An Audience-Oriented
Perspective," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1997.
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| Carter, Warren, "Narrative/Literary Approaches to
Matthean Theology: The 'Reign of the Heavens' as an Example (Mt.
4:17-5:12)," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1997.
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| Craddock, Fred B., "Fleeing before
Herod," The Christian Century, 1990.
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| Goulder, Michael, "Two Significant
Minor Agreements (Mat. 4:13 Par.; Mat 26:67-68 Par.)," Novum
Testamentum, 2003.
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| Hall, T. Hartley, "An Exposition of Matthew 4:12-23,"
Interpretation, 1975.
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| Mork, Carol,
"Revelation and Response: Matthean Texts for Christmas and Epiphany,"
Word & World, 1989.
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| Ralls, Mark, "What About Zebedee?"
The Christian Century, 2005.
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| Senior, Donald, C.P.,
"Between Two Worlds: Gentile and Jewish Christians in Matthew's Gospel,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
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| Shedinger, Robert F.,
"Must the Greek Text Always Be Preferred? Versional and Patristic Witnesses
to the Text of Matthew 4:16," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2004.
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| Spencer, F. Scott,
"'Follow Me,' The Imperious Call of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels,"
Interpretation, 2005.
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| Wainwright, Elaine,
"Reading Matthew 3-4: Jesus--Sage, Seer, Sophia, Son of God," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament, 2000.
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| Willard, Dallas, "How To Be a Disciple," The
Christian Century, 1998.
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Cobwebs on the Confessional," the Rev. Dr. William L. Self, Day
1, 2008. |
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"Follow Me, and I Will Make You Go Fishing," the Very Rev. Samuel G.
Candler, Day 1, 2005. |
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"Fishing for Christ," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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Epiphany
3A - 23 January 2005,
Luke Bouman, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"Discovering What
We Were Meant to Do," John Jewell, 1999. |
| "Walk
in the Light," the Rev. Michael J. Fish, Day 1, 1999. |
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"A Fish Story,"
Rev. Frederick J. Streets, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening
Club, 1993. |
| Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary &
Homily:
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| With Children:
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"Fishermen Who
Became Fishers of Men," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's
sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs.
MSSS Crafts. |
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"Going Fishing,"
Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
| "Jesus' Disciples Catch Lots of Fish," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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Gospel Puzzles for
the Lectionary, Matthew 4:12-23, Mark Ryman, edoxy.com. |
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Fishing for
People Dot-to-Dot,
Fishing
for People Wordsearch,
sermons4kids.com. |
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"Jesus Preaches in Galilee,"
online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of
Feeding Hill. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art, Matthew 4:17,
Matthew 4:20, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators. |
| Clip Art Images:
Matthew 4:12-23, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú. |
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Matthew 4:12-23,
Matthew 4:18-22, Liturgical Drawing,
Maria d.c. Zamora,
Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use
these for free.") |
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Matthew 4:12-23, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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Fishers
of Women,
Fishers
of Men,
Fisher
Show,
Focus Please,
Ring
Fisher, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing permissions at
right-hand side of destination page. |
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Peter and Andrew,
Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com. |
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Call of Disciples, Clip Art,
Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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| Study Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew |
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