Transcriber's Note: Inconsistencies in hyphenation, and apparent punctuation and spelling errors, have been corrected. Repetitions of "of" and "the" have been removed. An advertisement for the Expositor's Bible series has been moved to the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling have been corrected by the following changes: chapters 3 and 4, "Judea" to "Judæa"; chapters 5 and 9, "intrusted" to "entrusted"; chapter 10, "baptized" to "baptised"; chapter 21, "Cesarea" to "Cæsarea". Bold text has been rendered in ordinary font, and small capitals in ordinary capitals. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE. EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D., _Editor of "The Expositor."_ THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. BY JOHN MONRO GIBSON, M.A., D.D. _London._ TORONTO: WILLARD TRACT DEPOSITORY AND BIBLE DEPÔT, CORNER OF YONGE AND TEMPERANCE STREETS. 1890. THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW. BY JOHN MONRO GIBSON, M.A., D.D., _London_, AUTHOR OF "THE AGES BEFORE MOSES," "THE MOSAIC ERA," ETC. TORONTO: WILLARD TRACT DEPOSITORY AND BIBLE DEPÔT, CORNER OF YONGE AND TEMPERANCE STREETS. 1890. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. THE COMING OF THE CHRIST 1 MATT. I. II. HIS RECEPTION 13 MATT. II. III. HIS HERALD 24 MATT. III. 1-12. IV. HIS BAPTISM 31 MATT. III. 13-17. V. HIS TEMPTATION 39 MATT. IV. 1-11. VI. BEGINNING OF HIS GALILEAN MINISTRY 48 MATT. IV. 12-25. VII. THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM 57 ("Sermon on the Mount.") MATT. V., VI., VII. I. The Nature and Constitution of the Kingdom 58 1. In Itself ("The Beatitudes") 58 2. In Relation to the World 62 II. The Law of the Kingdom 69 1. General Principles 69 2. Illustrations from the Moral Law 73 3. Illustrations from Religious Duty 79 4. Duty in Relation to the World and the Things of it 85 (1) As regards the Good Things of the World 86 (2) As regards the Evil in the World 91 III. Invitation to enter the Kingdom 95