The Significance of Jesus's Use of Hosea 6:6 in the Gospel of Matthew
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Ahn, Daniel
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Carson, Donald A.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Trinity International University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2020
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
243 p.
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
Trinity International University
Text preceding or following the note
2020
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Jesus cites Hos 6:6, "I desire mercy not sacrifice", in his response to the Pharisees' question in 9:10-13 and their objection in 12:1-8. The parallel accounts in the Gospel of Mark (2:13-17 and 2:23-28) and Luke (5:27-32 and 6:1-5) omit this use of Hos 6:6. Jesus's use of Hos 6:6 in Matt 9:13 would have been part of Jesus's teaching that Matthew first heard as a disciple of Jesus. Not only is it plausible that Matthew would have remembered and included this citation in his Gospel, Jesus's use of Hos 6:6 may have been significant in the shaping of Matthew's Gospel and his use of Scripture. A grammatical-historical and literary-critical approach that pays careful attention to the placement of Matt 9:9-13 and 12:1-8 in the flow of Matthew's narrative, the logic of Jesus's argument in these pericopes, and the context of Hos 6:6 in the book of Hosea and salvation history will help explain the meaning and significance of Jesus's use of Hos 6:6. This approach will demonstrate that Jesus uses Hos 6:6 typologically in Matt 9:13 and salvation-historically in Matt 12:7. The significance of this use of Hos 6:6 may be evident in some of the unique aspects of Matthew's Gospel-Matthew's exception for divorce in the case of adultery, the structure of the narrative account of Jesus's miracles in Matt 8-9, and the focus on Israel in the ministry of Jesus and his disciples. Jesus's use of Hos 6:6 may have also served as a model for Matthew's own use of Hos 11:1 in Matt 2:15.