Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 1:2-16
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. There would be nothing particularly necessary for me to detain the Reader with in going over this pedigree of names, more than to mark the correctness, if the mere pedigree was all. But there is somewhat more worth noticing in this genealogy: and I venture to believe, that God the Holy Ghost did intend that the Church should make other observations upon the record here given, and therefore I beg to point... read more
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 1:1-25
Review of the Whole Chapter You will find it a delightful and profitable study to look at the first chapter of Genesis and the first chapter of Matthew together. I have found it useful to read the one chapter immediately after the other. The contrast between Genesis and Matthew is most vivid, and in some points most startling. In both cases you have what is termed the Beginning a term that cannot be defined. There are compasses, one point of which we can lay upon these terms, but the other... read more