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Matthew 1:1
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This is the family history of Jesus the Messiah. He came from the family of David, who was from the family of Abraham.
This is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne also of Abraham.
This isThis is">[fn] a record of the birth of Jesus Christ,[fn] the son of David, the son of Abraham.Genesis 12:3; 22:18; Psalm 132:11; Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Matthew 22:42; Luke 3:23; John 7:42; Acts 2:30; 13:23; Romans 1:3; Galatians 3:16;">[xr]
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
This is the family history of Jesus Christ. He came from the family of David, and David came from the family of Abraham.
The Book of the Generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham:
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The book of the generacioun of Jhesu Crist, the sone of Dauid, the sone of Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Jesus Christ came from the family of King David and also from the family of Abraham. And this is a list of his ancestors.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
This is the genealogy of Yeshua the Messiah, son of David, son of Avraham:
Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.
THE RECORD of the generation of Jeshu the Meshicha, the son of David, son of Abraham.
THE book of the nativity of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, son of Abraham.
The booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
These are the families through which Jesus Christ came. He came through David and Abraham.
An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The booke of the generation of Iesvs Christ the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The Lineage Roll of Jesus Christ, - Son of David, Son of Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
This is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham.
An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
The book of the generation of Yeshua the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Avraham.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the Son of David, the son of Abraham:
A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
This is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christ ye sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
The History of the life of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son:
This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chronicles 2:1-5; Luke 3:23-38">[xr] The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
This is a list of how Jesus came all the way from Abraham and down through King David (because it was said long ago God's Boy would come through David):
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
generation: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 5:1, Isaiah 53:8, Luke 3:23-38, Romans 9:5
the son of David: Matthew 9:27, Matthew 15:22, Matthew 22:42-45, 2 Samuel 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:16, Psalms 89:36, Psalms 132:11, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 33:15-17, Jeremiah 33:26, Amos 9:11, Zechariah 12:8, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:32, Luke 1:69, Luke 1:70, John 7:42, Acts 2:30, Acts 13:22, Romans 1:3, Revelation 22:16
the son of Abraham: Genesis 12:3, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:3-5, Genesis 28:13, Genesis 28:14, Romans 4:13, Galatians 3:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:1 - are the Genesis 46:12 - Judah Numbers 3:1 - generations 1 Chronicles 9:1 - all Israel Mark 10:47 - thou Luke 2:4 - he was Luke 20:41 - Christ Acts 13:23 - this 2 Timothy 2:8 - Jesus Hebrews 2:16 - the seed Hebrews 11:31 - the harlot
Cross-References
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ,.... This is the genuine title of the book, which was put to it by the Evangelist himself; for the former seems to be done by another hand. This book is an account, not of the divine, but human generation of Christ; and not merely of his birth, which lies in a very little compass; nor of his genealogy, which is contained in this chapter; but also of his whole life and actions, of what was said, done, and suffered by him. It is an Hebrew way of speaking, much like that in Genesis 5:1 and which the Septuagint render by the same phrase as here; and as that was the book of the generation of the first Adam; this is the book of the generation of the second Adam. The Jews call their blasphemous history of the life of Jesus, ספר תולדות ישו "The book of the generations of Jesus" o. This account of Christ begins with the name of the Messiah, well known to the Jews,
the son of David; not only to the Scribes and Pharisees, the more learned part of the nation, but to the common people, even to persons of the meanest rank and figure among them. See Matthew 9:27. Nothing is more common in the Jewish writings, than for בן דוד "the son of David" to stand alone for the Messiah; it would be endless to cite or refer to all the testimonies of this kind; only take the following p,
"R. Jochanan says, in the generation in which בן דוד "the son of David" comes, the disciples of the wise men shall be lessened, and the rest, their eyes shall fail with grief and sorrow, and many calamities and severe decrees shall be renewed; when the first visitation is gone, a second will hasten to come. It is a tradition of the Rabbins (about) the week (of years) in which בן דוד "the son of David" comes, that in the first year this scripture will be fulfilled, Amos 4:7. "I will rain upon one city", c. in the second, arrows of famine will be sent forth in the third there will be a great famine, and men, women and children, holy men and men of business will die, and the law will be forgotten by those who learn it; in the fourth there will be plenty and not plenty; in the fifth there will be great plenty, and they shall eat and drink and rejoice, and the law shall return to them that learn it; in the sixth there will be voices (or thunders;) in the seventh there will be wars; and in the going out of the seventh בן דוד the "son of David" comes. The tradition of R. Judah says, In the generation in which
בן דוד "the son of David" comes, the house of the congregation (the school or synagogue) shall become a brothel house, Galilee shall be destroyed, and Gabalene shall become desolate; and the men of Gabul (or the border) shall go about from city to city, and shall find no mercy; and the wisdom of the scribes shall stink; and they that are afraid to sin shall be despised; and the face of that generation shall be as the face of a dog, and truth shall fail, as it is said, Isaiah 59:15 --The tradition of R. Nehorai says, In the generation in which בן דוד "the son of David" comes, young men shall make ashamed the faces of old men, and old men shall stand before young men, the daughter shall rise up against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; nor will a son reverence his father. The tradition of R. Nehemiah says, In the generation in which
בן דוד "the son of David" comes, impudence will increase, and the honourable will deal wickedly, and the whole kingdom will return to the opinion of the Sadducees, and there will be no reproof. --It is a tradition of the Rabbins, that
בן דוד "the son of David" will not come, until traitorous practices are increased, or the disciples are lessened or until the smallest piece of money fails from the purse, or until redemption is despaired of.''
In which passage, besides the proof for which it is cited, may be observed, how exactly the description of the age of the Messiah, as given by the Jews themselves, agrees with the generation in which Jesus the true Messiah came; who as he was promised to David, and it was expected he should descend from him, so he did according to the flesh; God raised him up of his seed, Romans 1:3 it follows,
The son of Abraham. Abraham was the first to whom a particular promise was made, that the Messiah should spring from, Genesis 22:18. The first promise in Genesis 3:15 only signified that he should be the seed of the woman; and it would have been sufficient for the fulfilment of it, if he had been born of any woman, in whatsoever nation, tribe, or family; but by the promise made to Abraham he was to descend from him, as Jesus did; who took upon him the seed of Abraham, Hebrews 2:16 or assumed an human nature which sprung from him, and is therefore truly the son of Abraham. The reason why Christ is first called the son of David, and then the son of Abraham, is partly because the former was a more known name of the Messiah; and partly that the transition to the genealogy of Christ might be more easy and natural, beginning with Abraham, whom the Jews call q ראש היחס the "head of the genealogy", and the root and foundation of it, as Matthew here makes him to be; wherefore a Jew cannot be displeased with the Evangelist for beginning the genealogy of our Lord at, Abraham.
o Apud Wagenseil. Tela Ignea. p T. Bab. Sanhedrim, fol. 97. 1. Shir Hashirim Rabba, fol. 11. 4. q Juchasin, fol. 8. 1. Tzeror Hammor. fol. 29. 3. & 154. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The book of the generation - This is the proper title of the chapter. It is the same as to say, “the account of the ancestry or family, or the genealogical table of Jesus Christ.” The phrase is common in Jewish writings. Compare Genesis 5:1. “This is the book of the generations of Adam,” i. e., the genealogical table of the family or descendants of Adam. See also Genesis 6:9. The Jews, moreover, as we do, kept such tables of their own families. and it is probable that this was copied from the record of the family of Joseph.
Jesus - See the notes at Matthew 1:21.
Christ - The word “Christ” is a Greek word, Χριστός Christos, signifying “anointed.” The Hebrew word, משׁיח mâshı̂yach, signifying the same is “Messiah.” Hence, Jesus is called either the Messiah, or the Christ, meaning the same thing. The Jews speak of the Messiah; Christians speak of him as the Christ. In ancient times, when kings and priests were set apart to their office, they were anointed with oil, Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 6:20; Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:7; 1Sa 9:16; 1 Samuel 15:1; 2 Samuel 23:1. To anoint, therefore, means often the same as to consecrate, or to set apart to an office. Hence, those thus set apart are said to be anointed, or to be the anointed of God. It is for this reason that the name is given to the Lord Jesus. Compare the notes at Daniel 9:24. He was set apart by God to be the King, and High Priest, and Prophet of his people. Anointing with oil was, moreover, supposed to be emblematic of the influences of the Holy Spirit; and since God gave him the Spirit without measure John 3:34, so he is especially called “the Anointed of God.”
The Son of David - The word “son” among the Jews had a great variety of significations. It means literally a son; then a grandson; a descendant: an adopted son; a disciple, or one who is an object of tender affection one who is to us as a son. In this place it means a descendant of David; or one who was of the family of David. It was important to trace the genealogy of Jesus up to David, because the promise had been made that the Messiah should be of his family, and all the Jews expected that it would be so. It would be impossible, therefore, to convince a Jew that Jesus was the Messiah, unless it could be shown that he was descended from David. See Jeremiah 23:5; Psalms 132:10-11, compared with Acts 13:23, and John 7:42.
The son of Abraham - The descendant of Abraham. The promise was made to Abraham also. See Genesis 12:3; Genesis 21:12; compare Hebrews 11:13; Galatians 3:16. The Jews expected that the Messiah would be descended from him; and it was important, therefore, to trace the genealogy up to him also. Though Jesus was of humble birth, yet he was descended from most illustrious ancestors. Abraham, the father of the faithful - “the beauteous model of an Eastern prince,” and David, the sweet psalmist of Israel, the conqueror, the magnificent and victorious leader of the people of God, were both among his ancestors. From these two persons, the most eminent for piety, and the most renowned for their excellencies of all the people of antiquity, sacred or profane, the Lord Jesus was descended; and though his birth and life were humble, yet they who regard an illustrious descent as of value, may find here all that is to be admired in piety, purity, patriotism, splendor, dignity, and renown.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW.
-Usherian year of the World, 4000.
-Alexandrian year of the World, 5498.
-Antiochian year of the World, 5488.
-Constantinopolitan AEra of the World, 5504.
-Year of the Julian Period, 4709.
-AEra of the Seleucidae, 308.
-Year before the vulgar AEra of Christ, 5.
-Year of the CXCIII. Olympiad, 4.
-Year of the building of Rome, 749.
-Year of the Emperor Augustus, i.e. from the battle of Actium, 26.
-Consuls, Augustus XII. and Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
-Year of the Paschal Cycle or Dionysian Period, 530.
-Year of the Solar Cycle, 5.
-Year of the Lunar Cycle, 13.
-Dominical Letters, B A.
CHAPTER I.
The genealogy of Christ divided into three classes of fourteen
generations each: The first fourteen, from Abraham to David,
2-6.
The second fourteen, from Solomon to Jechonias, 7-10.
The third fourteen, from Jechonias to Christ, 11-16.
The sum of these generations, 17.
Christ is conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin
Mary, when she was espoused to Joseph, 18.
Joseph's anxiety and doubts are removed by the ministry of an
Angel, 19, 20;
by whom the child is named JESUS, 21.
The fulfilment of the prophecy of Isaiah relative to this,
22, 23.
Joseph takes home his wife, Mary, and Christ is born, 24, 25.
NOTES ON CHAP. I.
Verse Matthew 1:1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ — I suppose these words to have been the original title to this Gospel; and that they signify, according to the Hebrew Phraseology, not only the account of the genealogy of Christ, as detailed below, but the history of his birth, acts, sufferings, death, resurrection, and ascension.
The phrase, book of the generation, ספר תולדות sepher toledoth, is frequent in the Jewish writings, and is translated by the Septuagint, βιβλος γενεσεως, as here, by the evangelist; and regularly conveys the meaning given to it above; e. g. This is the book of the generations of Adam, Genesis 5:1. That is, the account of the life of Adam and certain of his immediate descendants. Again. These are the generations of Jacob, Genesis 37:2. That is, the account or history of Jacob, his son Joseph, and the other remarkable branches of the family. And again. These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, Numbers 3:1. That is, the history of the life and acts of these persons, and some of their immediate descendants. The same form of expression is also used, Genesis 2:4, when giving the history of the creation of heaven and earth.
Some have translated βιβλος γενεσεως, The book of the genealogy; and consider it the title of this chapter only; but the former opinion seems better founded.
Jesus Christ — See on Matthew 1:16; Matthew 1:21.
The son of David, the son of Abraham — No person ever born could boast, in a direct line, a more illustrious ancestry than Jesus Christ. Among his progenitors, the regal, sacerdotal, and prophetic offices, existed in all their glory and splendour. DAVID, the most renowned of sovereigns, was king and prophet: ABRAHAM, the most perfect character in all antiquity, whether sacred or profane, was priest and prophet: but the three offices were never united except in the person of Christ; he alone was prophet, priest, and king; and possessed and executed these offices in such a supereminent degree as no human being ever did, or ever could do. As the principal business of the prophet was to make known the will of God to men, according to certain partial communications received from Heaven; so Jesus, who lay in the bosom of the Father, and who was intimately and thoroughly acquainted with all the mysteries of the eternal world, came to declare the Divine nature and its counsels to mankind; see John 1:18. As the business of the priest was to offer sacrifices to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people; so Christ was constituted a high priest, to make, by the sacrifice of himself, an atonement for the sins of the whole world; see 1 John 2:2, and the whole Epistle to the Hebrews. As the office of king was to reign over, protect, and defend the people committed to his care by the Divine Providence; so Christ is set as a king upon Sion, having the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession, Psalms 2:6; Psalms 2:8, c. Of the righteousness, peace, and increase of whose government, there shall be no end, Isaiah 9:7. This three-fold office, Christ executes not only in a general sense, in the world at large but, in a particular sense, in every Christian soul. He is first a prophet, to teach the heart of man the will of God; to convict the conscience of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and fully to illustrate the way of salvation. He is next a priest, to apply that atonement to the guilty conscience, the necessity of which, as a prophet, he had previously made known. And lastly, as a king, he leads captivity captive, binds and casts out the strong man armed, spoils his goods, extends the sway of the sceptre of righteousness, subdues and destroys sin, and reigns Lord over all the powers and faculties of the human soul; so that AS sin reigned unto death, EVEN so does grace reign through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:21.
It is remarkable, that the evangelist names David before Abraham, though the latter was many generations older: the reason seems to be this, that David was not only the most illustrious of our Lord's predecessors, as being both king and prophet; but because that promise, which at first was given to Abraham, and afterwards, through successive generations, confirmed to the Jewish people, was at last determined and restricted to the family of David. Son of David, was an epithet by which the Messiah was afterwards known among the Jews; and, under this title, they were led to expect him by prophetic authority. See Psalms 89:3-4; Psalms 132:10, Psalms 132:11, compared with Acts 13:23, and Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5. Christ was prophesied of under the very name of David. See Ezekiel 34:23-24; Ezekiel 37:24-25.
