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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gospel of St. Matthew |
 | | Gospel of Matthew was a reproduction of his preaching, and this we know, was in Aramaic. |
 | | Where Matthew alone quotes the Lord's words, the quotation is sometimes borrowed from the Septuagint (v, 21 a, 27, 38), or, again, it is a free translation which we are unable to refer to any definite text (v, 21 b, 23, 43). |
 | | Matthew shows that it was because of its incredulity that Israel was excluded from the Kingdom, he dwells on all the events in which the increasing obduracy of the Jewish nation is conspicuous, manifested first in the princes and then in the hatred of the people who beseech Pilate to put Jesus to death. |
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