Matthew 1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:23

Verse 23 23.His name Immanuel The phrase, God is with us, is no doubt frequently employed in Scripture to denote, that he is present with us by his assistance and grace, and displays the power of his hand in our defense. But here we are instructed as to the manner in which God communicates with men. For out of Christ we are alienated from him; but through Christ we are not only received into his favor, but are made one with him. When Paul says, that the Jews under the law were nigh to God,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:24

Verse 24 24.Joseph, being raised from sleep The ready performance, which is here described, serves not less to attest the certainty of Joseph’s faith, than to commend his obedience. For, if every scruple had not been removed, and his conscience fully pacified, he would never have proceeded so cheerfully, on a sudden change of opinion, to take unto him his wife, whose society, he lately thought, would pollute him. (114) The dream must have carried some mark of Divinity, which did not allow his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:25

Verse 25 25.And knew her not This passage afforded the pretext for great disturbances, which were introduced into the Church, at a former period, by Helvidius. The inference he drew from it was, that Mary remained a virgin no longer than till her first birth, and that afterwards she had other children by her husband. Jerome, on the other hand, earnestly and copiously defended Mary’s perpetual virginity. Let us rest satisfied with this, that no just and well-grounded inference can be drawn from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The book of the generation . As St. Matthew was writing only for Jews, and they, by reason of their Old Testament prophecies, looked for the Messiah to be born of a certain family, he begins his Gospel with a pedigree of Jesus. In this he mentions, by way of introduction, the two points to which his countrymen would have special regard—the descent of Jesus from David, the founder of the royal line, him in whose descendants the Ruler of Israel must necessarily ( 2 Samuel 7:13-16 ) be looked... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

Genealogical lessons. We are tempted to pass by the string of names with which the New Testament opens, as though it had no moral significance, as though it were only a relic of Jewish domestic annals. But even the genealogies in Genesis are eloquent in lessons on human life—its brevity, its changes, its succession, its unity in the midst of diversity; and the genealogy of our Lord has its own peculiar importance, reminding us of many facts. I. CHRIST IS TRULY HUMAN . It will be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

Genealogy of our Lord. Homiletical uses— I. Matthew's purpose is to show that Jesus, after the flesh, was THE HEIR OF DAVID AND OF ABRAHAM , the true Inheritor of the promises and of the liabilities of Israel. At his birth instructed Israelites might exclaim, "Unto us a Son is born!"—one who entered into a family of broken fortune, but was able to redeem its fortunes; who came not to build up a competence for himself, but to accept the obligations of the family, and work... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The mission of genealogies. The Gospels contain two genealogies of Jesus the Messiah. Both relate to Joseph the reputed father of Jesus, and to Mary by virtue of her relation as wife, or her family relation, to him. Matthew's is the transcript of the public record, and traces the family line in a descending scale from Abraham; Luke's is the private family genealogy, and it traces the family line in an ascending scale up to Adam. Matthew takes the point of view of a Jew; Luke sees in Messiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

Messiah's Sonships. The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in a most significant and emphatic way, points out the distinct feature of the last Divine revelation: "God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son ( ἐν υἱῷ )." Sonship declaring Fatherhood in God is the very essence of the revelation in Christ. That point is illustrated in the genealogies in a very striking... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY , (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23-38 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The introduction. I. THE TITLE . 1 . It is a book ; but it is not, like other books, the product of human thought. It presents to us a life not like other lives. That life stands alone in its beauty, purity, tenderness, in the glory of its unearthly holiness, in the majesty of its Divine self-sacrifice. It stands alone in its claims; it claims to be the great example, the one pattern life, the Light of the world. It claims to be a revelation of a new life; it offers a gift of... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

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