Dr. Rebekah Eklund (Loyola University Maryland) talks to us about Matthew 26–27. We discuss:

* Matthew's use of the Passover festival

* Jesus' prayer of lament at Gethsemane

* Peter's denials of Jesus and his restoration

* why Jesus refers to himself as the Son of Man

* Judas' betrayal of Jesus

* Matthew's use of the theme of blood

* the meaning of "his blood be upon us and on our children" (27:25)

* Matthew's use of Psalm 22 when Jesus prays, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

* the eschatological signs that occur at the death of Jesus

Relevant Works by Rebekah Eklund

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* Jesus Wept: The Significance of Jesus’ Laments in the NT. T&T Clark, 2015. 

* The Beatitudes through the Ages. Eerdmans, 2021.

* "Matthew, the Cross, and the Cruciform Life," in Cruciform Scripture: Cross, Participation, and Mission. Eerdmans, 2021.

This Week’s Blurb

In this episode, Rebekah Eklund:

* Dale C. Allison, Jr. The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History. T&T Clark, 2021.

* Amy Peeler. Women and the Gender of God. Eerdmans, 2021.

* Andor (TV Series)

Next Week 

Next week, we finish our journey through Matthew as we talk to Dr. Terence Donaldson (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) about Matthew 28 (the Resurrection).Click here to meet our guides through Deuteronomy and Matthew. 

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