The rejection of Jesus by the people in Galilee, xi. 21; xiii. 13-15, and by the heads of "the nation," xxvi. 3, 47 and by "the whole nation," xxvii. 25; their condemnation xxiii. 38. Mercy to the Gentiles and the punishment of "the sons of the kingdom" is foretold viii. 11, 12. The commission to go and convert Gentile peoples ([Greek: ethnê]) is given after Christ's resurrection (xxviii. 19). (b) _The Fulfilment of Prophecy._--In the birth and childhood of Jesus, i. 23; ii. 6, 15, 18, 23. By these citations attention is drawn to the lowliness of the beginnings of the Saviour's life, the unexpected and secret manner of His appearing, the dangers to which from the first He was exposed and from which He escaped. The ministry of Christ's forerunner, iii. 3. (The same prophecy, Isa. xl. 3, is also quoted in the other Gospels.) The ministry of Jesus. The quotations serve to bring out the significance of important events, especially such as were turning-points, and also to mark the broad features of Christ's life and work, iv. 15, 16; viii. 17; xii. 18 seq.; xiii. 35; xxi. 5; xxvii. 9. (c) _The Teaching on the Kingdom of God._--Note the collection of parables "of the Kingdom" in xiii.; also the use of [Greek: hê basileia] ("the Kingdom") without further definition as a term the reference of which could not be misunderstood, especially in the following phrases peculiar to this Gospel: [Greek: to euangelion tês basileias] ("the Gospel of the Kingdom") iv. 23, ix. 35, xxiv. 14; and [Greek: ho logos tês basileias] ("the word of the kingdom") xiii. 19. The following descriptions of the kingdom, peculiar to this Gospel, are also interesting [Greek: hê basileia tou patros autôn] ("the kingdom of their father") xiii. 43 and [Greek: tou patros mou]("of my father") xxvi. 29. (d) _The Relation of the New Law to the Old._--Verses 17-48, cf. also, addition at xxii. 40 and xix. 19b. Further, his use of [Greek: dikaiosynê] ("righteousness") and [Greek: dikaios]("righteous") (specially frequent in this Gospel) is such as to connect the New with the Old; the standard in mind is the law which "fulfilled" that previously given. (e) _The Christian Ecclesia._--Chap. xvi. 18, xviii. 17. (f) _The Messianic Dignity and Glory of Jesus._--The narrative in i. and ii. show the royalty of the new-born child. The title "Son of David" occurs with special frequency in this Gospel. The following instances are without parallels in the other Gospels: ix. 27; xii. 23; xv. 22; xxi. 9; xxi. 15. The title "Son of God" is also used with somewhat greater frequency than in Mark and Luke: ii. 15; xiv. 33; xvi. 16; xxii. 2 seq. (where it is implied); xxvii. 40, 43.