Matthew 26-27 with Rebekah Eklund

Dr. Rebekah Eklund (Loyola University Maryland) talks to us about Matthew 26–27. We discuss:

• Matthew’s use of the Passover festival
• Jesus’ prayer of lament at Gethsemane
• Lament Psalms and their use in Matt 26-27
• Peter’s denials of Jesus and Peter’s restoration
• Why Jesus refers to himself as the Son of Man
• Judas’ death and suicide
• the theme of blood
• the meaning of a verse that has been regrettably used to promote violence against Jews: “his blood be upon us and on our children” (27:25)
• Matthew’s use of Psalm 22 when Jesus prays, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
• the eschatological signs that occur at Jesus’ death

Relevant Work by Rebekah Eklund

• Jesus Wept: The Significance of Jesus’ Laments in the New Testament. T&T Clark, 2015.
• The Beatitudes through the Ages. Eerdmans, 2021.
• “Matthew, the Cross, and the Cruciform Life,” in Cruciform Scripture: Cross, Participation, and Mission. Edited by Christopher Skinner et al. Eerdmans, 2021.

Rebekah Eklund Recommends

• Dale C. Allison, Jr. The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History. T&T Clark, 2021.
• Amy Peeler. Women and the Gender of God. Eerdmans, 2021.
• Andor (TV Series)

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