Matthew 4:17
World English Bible (WEB)
17 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
- Matthew is the book primarily written for Jews
- “the Kingdom of Heaven” Only mentioned in Matthew
- Repentance in its context means : believe Him as your Messiah
Jesus sat down
- In the sermon on the Mount, Jesus sat down
- Implies the sermon of a King
- After sermon on the Mount, Jesus came down and cleansed the Leper
- Picture of King raising Jairus daughter from Dead, opening eyes of the blind, cleansing Leper,…
Repentance towards God
- Repentance not towards man
Acts 20:21
World English Bible (WEB)
21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
Kingdom of God
- Kingdom of God is not Kingdom of Heaven
- Read more about Kingdom of God in here