| Using
Greek for Sunday Text Preparations
Exegetical Considerations
12th
Sunday after Pentecost/ August 11, 2002
Matthew 14:22-33
1.
What is the literary context of this passage?
a.
How does that literary context impact a reading of this
story?
2.
How do mountains function as theological locales in Matthew’s
gospel?
a.
How does that impact the mountain locale in 14:23?
3.
How does the use of basanizo in 14:24
recall its uses in 8:6,29?
4.
What is the significance of the threefold reference to fear
in vv. 26,27,30?
5.
How does the use of therseo in 14:27
recall its use in 9:2,22?
6.
What is the theological impact of Jesus’ pronouncement
ego eimi in 14:27?
7.
What is the significance of the use of ei
with the indicative in Peter’s statement in 14:28?
8.
How does the use of kurie soson in 14:30
recall its use in 8:25?
9.
How did Peter demonstrate “little faith” in this story?
a.
Of what did his doubt consist?
10.
How does the use of proskuneo in 14:33
recall its uses in 2:2,11; 4:9-10; 8:2; 9:18?
11.
How does their declaration of Jesus’ sonship recall 2:15;
3:17; 11:25-27?
12.
What is being declared in this text about Christology and
about discipleship? |
