William Hendriksen was a respected reformed scholar and preacher and his commentaries are well informed, scholarly and readable works designed to help lay people or scholars better approach the text. This work on the gospel of Matthew begins with an introduction discussing authorship, dating and setting for the book as well as its historical and literary nature. The commentary uses linguistic and historical tools to draw out the text and its meaning and is in a verse-by verse format. The text is given in the author's own translation as articles for various scholarly publications.