Matthew 12:38-42, The Demand for a Sign

"Those who recognize that Jesus is the Messiah will inherit the kingdom of God" (Harrington 10). Those who admit that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament will be saved and will receive eternal life in Heaven. Those who rejected him will be condemned. In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus said to the Kingdom of Heaven, "Jesus of Nazareth is in the tradition of the people chosen by God, Jesus same as this will destroy and realize the bonds of these traditions I will show you how. " Harrington 7).

As in Matthew 11: 2-27, it includes two references to Jesus as wisdom and obsession with others. It occurs in Jesus' Pericope based on internal Q. In Matthew 12: 38-42, "scribes and Pharisees" demanded a sign of Jesus (verse 38), but they do not recognize that the most sacred signs of Jesus are already the Messiah among them It was. Therefore they invited reproach of Jesus, they have many opportunities to witness God with Israel, and now they do not admit Jesus, the prophetic sign is "bigger than Jonah" (v.41) and wisdom is "Greater than Solomon" (v.42) is sacred. In this part of Matthew 11: 19 and 26, the last verses of these verses complement these clauses. They pointed out the exclusivity of Jesus as Sophia - God and the last prophet's wisdom, but in Matthew 12:42 it emphasized superiority - wisdom as a side of self expression of Jesus Christ

After Matthew 12:42 suggested that Jesus is "bigger than Solomon", the next formulation of wisdom in the first Gospel is to question Jesus' wisdom as the "people of synagogue" of Nazareth. And under the "strong behavior". (Matthew 13:54) Like the Bible wisdom of Matthew 11, the evangelists here associate Jesus' wisdom with the expression of wisdom through the actions of His Prophet Christ. It is similar to Matthew's reference to Chapter 11, but as Matthew further emphasizes in Gospel 13: 54, the revelation of Christ as his wisdom through his action is a prospect of the recipients of wisdom It depends on faith. For today's church, like Matthew's Gospel church, this information is also true.