Patrick Schreiner (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, including The Transfiguration of Christ, Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, and The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross.Nijay K. Gupta (PhD, University of Durham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. He is the author of several academic books including 1-2 Thessalonians (ZCINT), Paul and the Language of Faith, 15 New Testament Words of Life and has published commentaries on Colossians, Philippians, and Galatians. He is co-editor of The State of New Testament Studies and the second edition of Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.

I learned fresh insights from Patrick Schreiner's narrative approach to Matthew's message. He rightly connects the various motifs in Matthew in a way that invites us to hear the Gospel as a coherent whole, and he also rightly emphasizes Matthew's pervasive engagement with earlier Scripture. He highlights the hermeneutical value of Matthean texts for shedding light on each other.