Matthew (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament | EGGNT)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (EGGNT) closes the gap between the Greek text and the available lexical and grammatical tools, providing all the necessary information for greater understanding of the text. The series makes interpreting any given New Testament book easier, especially for those who are hard pressed for time but want to preach or teach with accuracy and authority. Each volume begins with a brief introduction to the particular New Testament book, a basic outline, and a list of recommended commentaries. The body is devoted to paragraph-by-paragraph exegesis of the Greek text and includes homiletical helps and suggestions for further study. A comprehensive exegetical outline of the New Testament book completes each EGGNT volume.
Top Highlights
“The pres. tense of ἔστιν contrasts with the fut. tense vbs. in the ὅτι clauses of the other beatitudes and implies that the kingdom is in some sense presently enjoyed.” (Page 50)
“However, on several occasions, ‘righteous’ refers more to character than mere behavior (5:45; 23:28, 35) and includes compassion to others (25:37). Furthermore, Jesus taught that loving and forgiving others is a critical part of having true righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees (5:43–48).” (Page 19)
“The clause ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν is repeated verbatim in 5:10 and serves as an inclusio bracketing the beatitudes. Notice also that the recipients of the first four blessings are alliterated with the letter π (πτωχοί, πενθοῦντες, πραεῦς, πεινῶντες). This feature divides the beatitudes into two equal parts.” (Page 50)
“Although the ptc. refers to a person, the neut. gender was likely used due to an implied παιδίον, ‘little child’ (see 1:11, 13 [2x], 14, 20 [2x]). Exodus 21:22 (LXX) shows that this noun was used of children still developing in the womb. The use of the neut. ptc. in no way implies that the conceived child was not yet viewed as a person.” (Page 20)
“The use of the proximate dem. pron. ταύτῃ suggests that Peter is the foundation of which Jesus speaks. If attention were being shifted from Simon as the rock to another rock, one would have expected the remote dem. pron. (ἐκείνῃ).” (Page 188)
- Title: Matthew
- Author: Charles L. Quarles
- Series: Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament
- Publisher: B&H
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781430080817, 9781433676161, 1433676168, 1430080817
- Resource ID: LLS:WS_4EE921C75F7E4D31ABB2FEDA06E3E499
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-07-14T18:31:24Z
Charles Quarles is an experienced pastor, missionary, and theological educator. He served as Senior Pastor of three churches in North Mississippi and East Tennessee for over ten years. He served as a missionary of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Bucharest Romania from 1999 to 2002. He has served as a professor of New Testament and Greek at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, the Bucharest Baptist Theological Seminary, the University of Bucharest, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Louisiana College (now Louisiana Christian University). He has served on volunteer mission trips in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tanzania, Turkey, and Cuba.
In addition to many Bible studies, articles in reference works, and reviews, he is the editor or author of a dozen books including The Sermon on the Mount: Restoring Christ’s Message to the Modern Church; The Illustrated Life of Paul; A Theology of Matthew; Matthew in the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series; and Matthew in the Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary series. He has two forthcoming books on New Testament textual criticism. He has published research in numerous international journals including New Testament Studies, Novum Testamentum, the Bulletin for Biblical Research, the Bible Translator, and Tyndale Bulletin.
He and his wife Julie have been married since 1989 and have three adult children (Rachael, Hannah, and Joshua) and four grandchildren.
