The Macrostructure of Matthew’s Gospel 179 acknowledges the parallelism in the formulations of 4,17 and 16,21(19), but he disputes the argument that ajpo; tovte h[rxato indicates the beginning of a new section. To this end, he calls attention to the fact that ajpo; tovte also occurs in Matt 26,16, where it refers to the preceding verses (26,14-15). In 16,21 and 4,17, the time adjunct ajpo; tovte is also very closely connected with the event narrated immediately before. According to Neirynck, the sentences introduced by ajpo; tovte do belong to a passage that started earlier: 4,17 is an integral part of 4,12-17; 16,21 introduces a new turn in the conversation between Jesus and his disciples in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi (16,13-28); 26,16 forms the conclusion of 26,3-16. Within the gospel as a whole, these three pericopes occupy an important place: all three introduce a new phase in Jesus’ ministry. Neirynck thus attributes a function to the three pericopes that is related to the function that Kingsbury gives to 4,17 and 16,21. Still, there is an important difference. Within Kingsbury’s division, there is first a period in which Jesus proclaims the kingdom (4,17–16,20), and then a period in which his suffering, death, and resurrection are central (16,21–28,20). According to Neirynck, the different phases cannot be separated so rigidly. On the contrary, it can be said that they overlap — at least partly. Also after 16,20, Jesus speaks many times about the kingdom (in 26,29 for the last time); the reverse is also true: Jesus’ death is touched upon before 16,21 (e.g. in 9,15 and 12,14.40). Interesting is also Neirynck’s suggestion to include 26,3-16 in the series of passages that introduce a new phase. After this passage, the events that have been announced since 16,13-28 come to a head. I will conclude this section with three critical remarks on details from Kingsbury’s argument: (1) According to Kingsbury, the three parts of which Matthew consists each have their own caption (1,1; 4,17; 16,21), the content of which is elaborated in the section which they introduce. Much can be said against this. How can the content of 1,1 (Jesus is the son of David, the son of Abraham) be reconciled with Kingsbury’s claim that part I culminates in 3,17 where Jesus is called the Son of God? There is also a certain tension between 4,17 and part II: in 4,17, only Jesus’ proclamation is mentioned, while part II also focuses on his acts (see (19) Except for Matthew, ajpo; tovte h[rxato occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, nor in the LXX. The time adjunct ajpo; tovte can be found elsewhere: Ezra 5,16; Pss 75,8; 92,2; Qoh 8,12; Matt 26,16; Luke 16,16.