THE GOSPEL ACCORDING
TO SAINT MATTHEW WITH
AN EXPLANATORY AND
CRITICAL COMMENTARY

REV. A. J. MAAS, S. J.

WOODSTOCK COLLEGE, MD. ST. LOUIS, MO. PUBLISHED BY B. HERDER, 17 S. BROADWAY 1898

Quum opus, cui titulus est “The Gospel according to Saint Matthew, with an Explanatory and Critical Commentary,” a P. Antonio Ioanne Maas
nostræ societatis sacerdote compositum aliqui eiusdem Societatis revisores, quibus id commissum fuit, recognoverint et
in lucem edi posse probaverint; facultatem concedimus, ut typis mandetur, si ita iis, ad quos pertinet, videbitur.

In quorum fidem has litteras manu nostra subscriptas et sigillo Societatis nostræ munitas dedimus.

Neo-Eboraci, die 16 mensis Maii, anno 1897.

[L. S.] E. I. PURBRICK, S. I. Præpos. Prov.

IMPRIMATUR †JOANNES J. KAIN Archiepiscopus Sancti Ludovici Die 22 Maii, 1897. Copyright, 1898, BY JOS. GUMMERSBACH. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

Title Page: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW WITH AN EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW WITH AN EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY

CONTENTS OF INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS OF COMMENTARY

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CITING OTHER WORKS

i. COMMENTARIES

ii. EXEGETIC HELPS

MANUSCRIPTS AND VERSIONS OF ST. MATTHEW

i. UNCIAL MANUSCRIPTS

ii. CODICES OF THE ITALA

iii. CODICES OF THE VULGATE

iv. VERSIONS

v. EDITIONS AND OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. THE FIRST EVANGELIST

2. AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST GOSPEL

3. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE FIRST GOSPEL

4. READERS AND OBJECT OF THE FIRST GOSPEL

5. STRUCTURE AND CHARACTER OF THE FIRST GOSPEL

6. WHEN AND WHERE WRITTEN

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW

PART I

PART II

PART III