RevDeac06
OGBoards Chaplain
That's what the Gospel of Matthew is all about but there are 3 others, Luke calling to the Gentiles, Mark telling the story succinctly and John the evangelical?
I wouldn't paint them with such rigid boundaries. And it was more that they were writing in different cultural situations (geography/cities/congregations) than to specific audiences regardless of location.
The phrase "this was to fulfill what the prophet said" shouldn't mean that Isaiah/Daniel/whoever were predicting the future, but rather that Jesus can be seen as fitting into that prophecy. So when Isaiah seems to be often talking about Jesus, Jesus might certainly seem to fit, but Isaiah had in mind the release from Babylon. Marcus Borg (while being too liberal for some, myself included) does have some really solid stuff on the idea of NT authors doing Midrash on the OT through the story of Jesus- particularly in his First Christmas and Last Week books.