The answer: Matthew, more than the other Gospels, was written to a Jewish audience that was familiar with the Old Testament, and with Midrashic methods. The early church writer Papias wrote that Matthew was originally written in Hebrew, not Greek. Matthew, in referring to children coming out of Egypt, Rachel weeping for her children, etc. is doing something deliberate here. He is showing how the life of Israel’s Messiah parallels the life of the children of Israel.
Jibu: Mathayo, zaidi ya Injili nyingine, iliandikwa kwa wasomaji wa Kiyahudi ambao walilifahamu Agano la Kale na njia za Kimdrashi. Papias, mwandishi wa kanisa la awali, aliandika kuwa Injili ya Mathayo iliandikwa kwa mara ya kwanza katika lugha ya Kiebrania, sio Kigiriki. Mathayo, akiongelea watoto wanaotoka Misri, Raheli anayeomboleza kwa ajili ya watoto wake, n.k. anafanya kitu fulani kwa makusudi kabisa hapa.