matthew-1:18,-john-1:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18

The mystery of the Incarnation. Christianity starts with a miracle. It is a miracle altogether so stupendous and so unique that its reception settles the whole question of the possibility of the miraculous. He who can believe that God shadowed himself to our apprehension in the likeness of a man, he who can recognize in the Babe of Bethlehem, both the Son of God and the Son of Mary, will find that no equal demand is ever afterwards made upon his faculty of faith. Both Testaments begin with a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18

The Holy Ghost before Pentecost. We are so accustomed to associate the term "Holy Ghost" with the descent of the Spirit on the disciples at Pentecost, that it seems strange to us to find it used by the evangelists even in the early portions of their Gospels. But there is no proper authority for connecting the term exclusively with Pentecost. Properly speaking, there is nothing peculiar or distinctive in the term. "Spirit" and "Ghost" are synonyms. "Holy Spirit" may properly be put wherever... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

JESUS THE CHRIST BY DIVINE ORIGIN . Recorded by Matthew only. The frequent similarity of language found in Luke 1:26-35 ( vide ' Synopticon ') is probably due to the fact that Joseph and Mary not unnaturally fell into the way of using the same words to express two messages of similar import. The object of this paragraph is to show that Messiah was in origin not of man but of God. This fact was accepted even by his reputed father Joseph, who was only convinced of it after... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

The birth of Jesus Christ. I. THE DISTRESS OF MARY . 1 . She was betrothed to Joseph. They had loved one another with a pure and holy love; now they were betrothed. The tie of betrothal was in the eyes of the Jews as sacred as that of marriage. The bridegroom had not yet taken home his bride; she was still in her parents' house. They were looking forward to the coming nuptials. It was the time upon which, years afterwards, men look back with such tender recollections—the time... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ - The circumstances attending his birth.Was on this wise - In this manner.Espoused - Betrothed, or engaged to be married. There was commonly an interval of ten or twevle months, among the Jews, between the contract of marriage and the celebration of the nuptials (see Genesis 24:55; Judges 14:8; Deuteronomy 20:7), yet such was the nature of this engagement, that unfaithfulness to each other was deemed adultery. See Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 22:28.With child by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:18

Matthew 1:18 . Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise, ουτως ην , was thus It was not in the ordinary course of nature, or manner in which children are conceived and born, but in the wonderful manner following. Not only the birth, but the conception of Christ, and what preceded it, are here included in the word γεννησις , which some critics have unwarily confounded with the word γενεσις , used in the first verse of this chapter. When his mother was espoused to Joseph According... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

7. Birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:18-25)Joseph and Mary were not yet married, when Joseph was shocked to learn that Mary was pregnant. Since Mary had been promised to him in marriage, Joseph had the right, according to Jewish custom, to report the matter to the authorities and have Mary dealt with for marital unfaithfulness. Joseph was a morally upright man but he was also compassionate. Instead of acting spitefully towards Mary, he tried to protect her from public shame by breaking the engagement... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:18

Now: or, But, in contrast with those mentioned in verses: Matthew 1:2-16 . Render: "The begetting, then, of Jesus Christ was on this wise (for after His mother was espoused to Joseph, she was found with child) of pneuma hagion ". See App-101 . birth = begetting. Greek. gennesis. Occurs only here and Luke 1:14 , used of the Father. Jesus (Omit. by Tr. [WH] Rm.) Christ. Hebrew Messiah. So translated in John 1:41 ; John 4:25 . on this wise: i.e. not begotten, as in the cases recorded in... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.The Virgin Birth: Christ was born of Mary without the aid of the natural processes of generation. This is a prominent and essential teaching of the Christian religion. To give up the doctrine of the virgin birth is to sacrifice the integrity of the gospel authors, the convictions of the apostolic church, and the entire premise... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 1:18

Matthew 1:18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ, &c.— Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner; literally, was thus; not only the birth, but the conception of Christ, and what preceded it, are here included, in the word γεννησις, which we translate birth, and which some critics have unwarily confused with the word γενεσις, generation, used in the first verse of this chapter. Among the Jews there was a considerable space of time (generally a year, or six months) between the betrothing or... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:18-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 1:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 1:18

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