Matthew 1:1 ESV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 1:1

DIVISION IMATT. 1THE ANCESTRY AND BIRTH OF CHRIST; THE SON OF THE LIVING GODMatthew 1:1-17This genealogy is quite unlike that in Luke 3. Labored efforts to reconcile the two generally lead to suppositions concerning Levirate marriages in which the issue had two fathers (the legal and the actual), and also to various renditions of the same name, and other devices pressed into service for the purpose of achieving a "harmony"! Perhaps the best, and certainly the simplest, reconciliation of these... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 1:1

Matthew 1:1. The book of the generation— The lineage of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. Campbell. Commentators are divided with regard to this phrase; some supposing that it means, and should be rendered, the history of the life of Jesus Christ; and that it is a general preface to St. Matthew's Gospel; while others, and, I think, with greater probability, render it, An account of the lineage or genealogy, and conceive it merely as the introduction to the genealogy following. See the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:1

1. The book of the generation—an expression purely Jewish; meaning, "table of the genealogy." In Genesis 5:1 the same expression occurs in this sense. We have here, then, the title, not of this whole Gospel of Matthew, but only of the first seventeen verses. of Jesus Christ—For the meaning of these glorious words, see on Genesis 5:1- :; Matthew 1:21. "Jesus," the name given to our Lord at His circumcision (Matthew 1:21- :), was that by which He was familiarly known while on earth. The word... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:1

This verse is obviously a title, but is it a title of the whole Gospel, a title for the prologue (chs. 1-2), or a title for the genealogy that follows (Matthew 1:1-17)? Probably it refers to the genealogy. There is no other ancient Near Eastern book-length document extant that uses the expression biblos geneseos (book or record of the generation) as its title. [Note: Carson, "Matthew," p. 61.] While the noun genesis (birth) occurs again in Matthew 1:18, there it introduces the birth narrative... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:1-11

I. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE KING 1:1-4:11"Fundamentally, the purpose of this first part is to introduce the reader to Jesus on the one hand and to the religious leaders on the other." [Note: Jack Dean Kingsbury, Matthew as Story, p. 5. He believed the first major section of the book ends with 4:16.] The first two chapters of this section prepare the reader for Jesus’ ministry. Consequently they serve as a prologue to the Gospel. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:1-17

A. The King’s genealogy 1:1-17 (cf. Luke 3:23-38)Matthew began his Gospel with a record of Jesus’ genealogy because the Christians claimed that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. To qualify as such He had to be a Jew from the royal line of David (Isaiah 9:6-7). Matthew’s genealogy proves that Jesus descended not only from Abraham, the father of the Israelite nation, but also from David, the founder of Israel’s royal dynasty. read more

John Dummelow

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

Genealogy and Birth of Jesus1-17. Genealogy of Jesus: cp. Luke 3:23. The two genealogies of Jesus, which are constructed on quite different principles, require careful comparison and study, if their purpose and significance are to be understood. In both, the descent of Jesus is traced through Joseph, not Mary, partly because the claim of Jesus to the throne of David could only be established through His foster-father Joseph; partly because, in genealogies, the Jews took no account of female... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 1:1

(1) Nothing can be inferred directly from St. Matthew’s phrase “till she had brought forth” as to what followed after the birth. The writer’s purpose is obviously to emphasise the absence of all that might interfere with the absolutely supernatural character of the birth itself. (2) Nothing can be inferred with certainty from the mention of our Lord’s “brethren” in Matthew 12:46 (see Note there), and elsewhere. They may have been children of Joseph by a former marriage, or by what was known as... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 1:1-25

Jesus the Saviour ( for Christmas Day ) Matthew 1:21 Christmas comes to us with both light and shade. There is the glorious light of the Christ, the long-looked-for Messiah, the Morning Star of prophecy, the Dayspring from on high. But the very fact that Jesus comes as Saviour also speaks to us of sin. There was need for Him to come, and that is the shadow athwart the glory of this day. It is true we need not look so much at the shading as at the glorious colours of the picture, 'the glory... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:1-25

Chapter 1The Coming of the Christ - Matthew 1:1-25THE New Testament opens appropriately with the four Gospels; for, though in their present form they are all later in date than some of the Epistles, their substance was the basis of all apostolic preaching and writing. As the Pentateuch to the Old Testament, so is the fourfold Evangel to the New.That there should be a manifold presentation of the great facts which lie at the foundation of our faith and hope, was both to be expected and desired.... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 1:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 1:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 1:1-17

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 1:1

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 1:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:1-25

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