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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:16

Jesus, who is called Christ - As the word Χριστος Christ, signifies the anointed or anointer, from χριω , to anoint, it answers exactly to the Hebrew משיח mashiach , which we pronounce Messiah or Messias; this word comes from the root משח mashac , signifying the same thing. As the same person is intended by both the Hebrew and Greek appellation, it should be regularly translated The Messiah, or The Christ; whichever is preferred, the demonstrative article should never be omitted.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:17

Fourteen generations - See the note on Matthew 1:11 . The Jews had a sort of technical method of summing up generations in this way. In Synopsis Sohar, p. 132, n. 18, we have the following words; "From Abraham to Solomon were fifteen generations; and then the moon was at the full. From Solomon to Zedekiah were other fifteen generations; the moon was then in the wane, and Zedekiah's eyes were put out." That is, the regal state came to its zenith of light and glory in the time of Solomon;... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:12

Verse 12 12.After the Babylonish exile That is, after the Jews were carried into captivity: for the Evangelist means, that the descendants of David, from being kings, then became exiles and slaves. As that captivity was a sort of destruction, it came to be wonderfully arranged by Divine providence, not only that the Jews again united in one body, but even that some vestiges of dominion remained in the family of David. For those who returned home submitted, of their own accord, to the authority... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:16

Verse 16 16.Jesus, who is called Christ By the surname Christ, Anointed, Matthew points out his office, to inform the readers that this was not a private person, but one divinely anointed to perform the office of Redeemer. What that anointing was, and to what it referred, I shall not now illustrate at great length. As to the word itself, it is only necessary to say that, after the royal authority was abolished, it began to be applied exclusively to Him, from whom they were taught to expect a... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The pedigree. "The book of the genealogy," etc. This is not the general title of the First Gospel, but rather the particular title of these sixteen or seventeen verses. The scroll, or writing of divorcement, which the Talmudists say consisted exactly of" twelve lines," is called a biblion , or "book" ( Matthew 19:7 ). So the "book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ" may be understood to describe the single skin on which the words immediately before us were originally written. Vitringa... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:12

Jechonias begat Salathiel ( Shealtiel , Revised Version). From Jeremiah 22:30 it has sometimes been thought that Jechoniah died childless, though the preceding context, which speaks of him and his seed, seems hardly to warrant the supposition; but clearly the words of the prophet there imply that none of his descendants should attain to a position such as was held by Zerubbabel, and that his family should soon come to an end. If we look at the genealogy in 1 Chronicles 3:17 we find... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:13

And Zorobabel ( Zerubbabel , Revised Version) begat Abiad . Here the two lines of pedigree in St. Matthew and St. Luke seem tc separate, and not to converge again till we come to Matthan (or Matthat), the grandfather of Joseph, which name is common to both. The Bishop of Bath and Wells has shown some reason for supposing that Rhesa , mentioned in St. Luke as Zerubbabel's son, is merely a title signifying "a chief," and also for identifying Hananiah, who is called a son of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:15

Eleazar begat Matthan . St. Luke makes Matthat (or Hatthan; the names are from the same root, and in some texts are identical), to be the son of Levi. This is probably the actual fact. St. Luke seems to have traced the genealogy from Zerubbabel through a younger, son, St. Matthew through an elder. But the elder line failing, Matthan, the son of Levi, of the younger branch, becomes heir to, and is called son or, Eleazar, of the senior line. As the promise of the Messiah was to the house of... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:15

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