Continuing in our New Testament Survey, we come to the demonstration of the Savior's love in His voluntary humiliation and abasement. (Scan to the bottom for the video.)
The love of the Savior for His people is so great that He was willing to descend into the depths of humiliation, even unto the cursed death of the cross, drinking the cup of the wrath of God, for their salvation.
Marcan Priority so dominates modern scholarship that we might be surprised to learn that the ancient church almost univocally affirms that Matthew wrote first, and that some Reformation-era scholars believed that Luke was first.