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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

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 1:17

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. I think it more than probable, that the HOLY GHOST had some object in view in the division made of the three equal proportions of fourteen generations, in this genealogy of CHRIST. But though I am inclined to this opinion, yet I am free to confess I cannot explain it. But... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

1-17 Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe the chief intention. It is not a needless genealogy. It is not a vain-glorious one, as those of great men often are. It proves that our Lord Jesus is of the nation and family out of which the Messiah was to arise. The promise of the blessing was made to Abraham and his seed; of the dominion, to David and his seed. It was promised to Abraham that Christ should descend from him, Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18; and to David that he should descend... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 1:1-99

Matthew 1 THE WORDING OF the first verse of the New Testament directs our thoughts back to the first book of the Old, inasmuch as “generation” is the translation of the Greek word, genesis. Matthew in particular, and the whole New Testament in general, is “The book of the genesis of Jesus Christ.” When we refer back to Genesis, we find that book divides into eleven sections, and all of them save the first begin with a statement about “generations.” The third section commences, “This is the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 1:17

Such is Matthew's introduction to his Gospel. And in concluding this genealogy, which immediately places Jesus the Christ into the center before the minds and hearts of his readers, he gives a brief summary according to the divisions of Jewish history: v. 17. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David until the carrying away into Babylon are tour-teen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. The three... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 1:1-17

PART FIRSTJesus comes into this world, as the Messiah of the true Theocracy, to fulfil the Old Covenant. He remains unknown to and unrecognized by the outward and secular Theocracy of His day. Rejected and cast out by His own, He undertakes secretly His first Messianic pilgrimage into Egypt. But He is glorified and attested by God._____________FIRST SECTIONPROPHETIC TYPES OF THE MESSIAH, IN THE GENEALOGY OF THE MESSIAHMatthew 1:1-17 (Luke 3:23-38)Contents:—1. Superscription.—2. Fundamental... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

the Line by Which Messiah Came Matthew 1:1-17 The enumeration of our Lord’s ancestors, with its threefold division into fourteen generations and evident gaps, was probably so arranged to aid the memory. Notice that, in unison with the general purpose of the writer, the line is traced to Abraham through David the king. Of course we know that Joseph was only the reputed father of Jesus, Matthew 1:18 ; but in any case this genealogy conformed to Hebrew usage and explained how the birth took... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:1-25

The Gospel of Matthew portrays Jesus as King. It reveals Him as realizing in His Person, and enunciating in His teaching the great principles which had been the peculiar deposit and glory of the ancient people. They were created a nation for the revelation of the beauty and beneficence of the Kingdom of Heaven established on earth, and in this Gospel the King is seen and heard, enunciating its laws, distributing its benefits, and laying its foundations in His life and death. The first verse... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Matthew 1:16-25

The Christmas Message Matthew 1:16-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We here present one of the great omissions of the Bible, which constitutes one of the great proofs that Christ was virgin born. The earlier verses of the first chapter of Matthew present the genealogy of Joseph, and husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus who is called the Christ. 1. Since Joseph was not the father of Jesus, why was it necessary for God the Spirit to give us the details of his genealogy? It was for this cause: Joseph,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO JESUS THE CHRIST (1:1-17). The introduction to the Gospel is in the form of a genealogy which indicates that Jesus is ‘the son of David’ and ‘the son of Abraham’. This description reveals His descent from, and intimate connection with, two of the greatest figures in salvation history. Indeed we might even say the two figures around whom salvation history pivots. For great though others like Moses may have been, they were never the foundations on whom the promises... read more