| Using
Greek for Sunday Text Preparations
Exegetical Considerations
11th
Sunday after Pentecost/ August 4, 2002
Matthew 14:13-21
1.
What source is Matthew using here?
a.
How has Matthew redacted that source?
2.
What is the significance of the connections and contrasts
between this text and the previous text (14:1-12) in terms of
a.
The opening reference to hearing (14:1 and 14:13)?
b.
The uses of didomi (14:7,8,9,11 and
14:16,19)?
c.
The uses of phero (14:11 and 14:18)?
d.
The uses of keleuo (14:9 and 14:19)?
e.
The uses of airo (14:12 and 14:20)?
f.
The banquet scenes (14:6 and 14:19)?
3.
What are the three basic steps in a miracle story?
a.
How does this particular miracle story unfold according to
those basic steps?
b.
Where is the emphasis in this story in light of this?
4.
How does the use of esplagchnisthe in v.
14 recall 9:36?
a.
What does this indicate about Jesus’ mission and disposition
toward those in need?
5.
What is the contrast between Jesus’ perspective and the
disciples’ perspective in vv. 14-18?
6.
How does the use of hode in vv. 17-18
recall its use in 8:29; 12:6,41,42; 14:8?
a.
How might that relate to Matthew’s overarching theme of
Emmanuel?
7.
What is the significance of Jesus’ looking into heaven
(14:19)?
a.
How might that recall references to heaven in
6:1,9,14,20,26,32?
8.
In 14:19 which actions are depicted in the indicative mood
(thus indicating the main activity of the sentence)?
9.
How do the actions of 14:19 foreshadow the actions of 26:26?
a.
What theological connections can be made between these two
actions?
10.
In v. 20 what is being highlighted with regard to satiation
and abundance resulting from Jesus’ activity?
a.
How would this have been understood in the 1st
century social world?
b.
How does that relate to Jesus’ mission in the 21st
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