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what is the importance of writtings of st. matthew to the early christians and to the believers of christ?

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dear Michael
 Most scholars agree that St. Matthew's Gospel was the first written. Also that it was written before the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and it was primarily addressed to Hebrew/Jewish converts to the Faith.  Also that it was written first in Hebrew and later translated to Greek.

There are few Jewish writers and gatherings before and shortly after the fall of Jerusalem that attack it for get people to follow Jesus,who they say is a false prophet or worse.

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                                    George/ ravJerome 72

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