<p>26:1&nbsp;<i>And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples-&nbsp;</i>The same rubric as in 19:1, suggesting that this was a way of dividing up the material to assist in memorization. The earliest converts would have memorized the good news preached to them by e.g. Matthew, and then the material was written up under inspiration as 'the Gospel of Matthew' which we now have.</p>