Matthew 1:3-4 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe, I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ, of his ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseos?a book of Genesis. The Old Testament begins with the book of the generation of the world, and it is its glory that it does so; but the glory of the New Testament herein excelleth, that it begins with the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

1:1-17 This is the record of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. Jacob begat Judah and his brothers. Judah begat Phares and Zara, whose mother was Thamar. Phares begat Esrom. Esrom begat Aram. Aram begat Aminadab. Aminadab begat Naasson. Naasson begat Salmon. Salmon begat Booz, whose mother was Rachab. Booz begat Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed begat Jesse. Jesse begat David, the king. David begat... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

There is something symbolic of the whole of human life in the way in which this pedigree is arranged. It is arranged in three sections, and the three sections are based on three great stages in Jewish history. The first section takes the history down to David. David was the man who welded Israel into a nation, and made the Jews a power in the world. The first section takes the story down to the rise of Israel's greatest king. The second section takes the story down to the exile to Babylon.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

This passage stresses two special things about Jesus. (i) It stresses the fact that he was the son of David. It was, indeed, mainly to prove this that the genealogy was composed. The New Testament stresses this again and again. Peter states it in the first recorded sermon of the Christian Church ( Acts 2:29-36 ). Paul speaks of Jesus Christ descended from David according to the flesh ( Romans 1:3 ). The writer of the Pastoral Epistles urges men to remember that Jesus Christ, descended... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

By far the most amazing thing about this pedigree is the names of the women who appear in it. It is not normal to find the names of women in Jewish pedigrees at all. The woman had no legal rights; she was regarded, not as a person, but as a thing. She was merely the possession of her father or of her husband, and in his disposal to do with as he liked. In the regular form of morning prayer the Jew thanked God that he had not made him a Gentile, a slave, or a woman. The very existence of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:3

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar ,.... The genealogical account of Christ goes on from Judah in the line of Phares, with whom Zara is mentioned; not because they were twins, for so were Jacob and Esau, and yet the latter is taken no notice of; but it may be because of what happened at their birth, see Genesis 38:28 . But the line of the Messiah was in Phares, and very rightly is he put in the genealogy of Christ, the Jews themselves being witnesses; who expressly say, that "the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:4

And Aram begat Aminadab ,.... Which, with what follows in this verse, exactly agrees with the genealogical account in 4:19 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:3

Phares and Zara - The remarkable history of these twins may be seen, Genesis 38: Some of the ancients were of opinion, that the evangelist refers to the mystery of the youngest being preferred to the eldest, as prefiguring the exaltation of the Christian Church over the synagogue. Concerning the women whose names are recorded in this genealogy, see the note at the end of the chapter, ( Matthew 1:25 ; (note)). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:3

Verse 3 3.Judeah begat Pharez and Zarah by Tamar This was a prelude to that emptying of himself, (89) of which Paul speaks, (Philippians 2:7). The Son of God might have kept his descent unspotted and pure from every reproach or mark of infamy. But he came into the world to “empty himself, and take upon him the form of a servant,” (Philippians 2:7) to be “a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people,” (Psalms 22:6) and at length to undergo the accursed death of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 1:1-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

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