Matthew 1:8-9 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 1:8

And Asa begat Josaphat ,.... Called Jehoshaphat, 1 Kings 15:24 whom Asa begat of Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, 1 Kings 22:42 . He also was a very good prince. And Josaphat begat Joram ; called Jehoram, 1 Kings 22:50 to whom his father gave the kingdom, because he was the firstborn, 2 Chronicles 21:3 . And Joram begat Ozias ; called Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:1 and Azariah, 2 Kings 15:1 . He was not the immediate son of Joram; there were three kings between them, Ahaziah,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:9

And Ozias begat Joatham ,.... Called Jotham, 2 Kings 15:7 him Ozias begat of Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok, 2 Kings 15:33 . And Joatham begat Achaz , or Ahaz, 2 Kings 15:38 to him the sign was given, and the famous prophecy of the Messiah, Isaiah 7:14 . And Achaz begat Ezekias , or Hezekiah, 2 Kings 16:20 him Ahaz begat of Abi, the daughter of Zachariah, 2 Kings 18:2 . He was a very religious king, and had that singular favour from God to have fifteen years added to his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:8

Joram begat Ozias - This is the Uzziah, king of Judah, who was struck with the leprosy for his presumption in entering the temple to offer incense before the Lord. See 2 Chronicles 26:16 , etc. Ozias was not the immediate son of Joram: there were three kings between them, Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah, which swell the fourteen generations to seventeen: but it is observed that omissions of this kind are not uncommon in the Jewish genealogies. In Ezra 7:3 , Azariah is called the son of... 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

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 1:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

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