The Gospel of Matthew: Annotated & Illustrated, the first in our series of six illustrated New Testament volumes, offers 21st C. readers a fresh look at the first Gospel. The illuminations include 14 images of Matthew from the 8th C. to the 15th C.; the Visit of the Wise Men (1st Qtr., 11th C.) presented in two scenes on facing pages; miraculous events, including healing the Leper, the Centurion's Servant, Peter's Mother-in-Law and the Man with a Withered Hand; the driving out of evil spirits; the Feeding of the 5,000; Walking on the Sea and Calming the Seas; the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer and the Olivet Discourse on Maundy Thursday; the unique accounts of Peter paying the Temple tax with a coin from a fish and the death of Judas Iscariot.

One hundred seventeen illustrations. 262 pages.