Gerusalemme in Mt. La città del gran re

The city of Jerusalem plays a major role in each of the canonical gospels. Only in Matt, however, does it receive the titles of “holy city” and “city of the great king”. Although Jerusalem is the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it (Matt 23:37), it will always continue to be the place where the power of the resurrection is manifested (Matt 27:53). The alternation of honorifics and condemnations of Jerusalem is probably an indication of the suffering experienced by the evangelist and his community, which was composed mainly of believers in Christ coming from Judaism.