εὐαγγέλιον (euaggelion) in Matthew 4:23: Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
εὐαγγέλιον (euaggelion) in Matthew 4:23
Textual Witness
The witness reads εὐαγγέλιον in Matthew 4:23.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The noun identifies the message Jesus proclaims.
How To Communicate It
Use it to keep gospel and kingdom joined in this summary.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not detach gospel from of the kingdom.
- Do not build a full doctrine from this form alone.
- Do not use morphology to detach the word from Matthew's immediate argument.
What Does The Label Mean?
Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, quality, or concept in the clause.
Accusative: the case marks how the form functions in this occurrence.
Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Neuter: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The gospel of the kingdom
Object of Jesus' proclamation
Names the gospel that Jesus proclaims.
Do not reduce gospel to a slogan detached from the kingdom phrase.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The noun names the message in Jesus' proclamation summary.
Accusative object of proclaiming. names what Jesus proclaims. Attached to the gospel of the kingdom. Governed by object of Jesus' proclamation. Read with of the kingdom as its descriptor.
What does Jesus proclaim? The gospel of the kingdom.
Direct: The form directly supports gospel.
The noun is central, while Matthew's Gospel develops its full meaning.
Gospel noun alone replaces the Gospel narrative: The occurrence names the message; the narrative fills out its content.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads εὐαγγέλιον in Matthew 4:23.
The lemma εὐαγγέλιον carries the gloss "the good news, the gospel", and here it names good news or gospel in Jesus' ministry summary.
The accusative noun receives the action of proclaiming and is specified by of the kingdom.
Jesus proclaims the gospel of the kingdom throughout Galilee.
The form fits Matthew's kingdom-shaped announcement in Jesus' ministry.
Use it to keep gospel and kingdom joined in this summary.
Do not use the noun alone to flatten the whole gospel into one phrase.