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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:16

And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary . St. Luke calls Joseph "the son of Heli." There are two ways in which these differing statements may be made to accord. The two sons of Matthan were Jacob the elder, and Heli the younger. It may be that Mary was the only child of Jacob, and Joseph the son of Heli. Then by marriage with his cousin, Joseph would become Jacob's son as well as Heli's. Or it may be that Jacob died without children, and Heli, marrying his widow according to the Jewish... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:17

Fourteen generations . To make the list more easy to remember, the names were so ordered that there should be the same number in each of the three divisions. Thus a means was afforded of checking the correctness of the enumeration, and the list became a sort of memoria technica. Unto Christ; better here, unto the Christ. For now begins the history which tells of this Jesus as the specially Anointed One of God, the true Messiah, of which all the previously anointed messengers had been but... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:2-16

These verses contain the genealogy of Jesus. Luke also Luke 3:0 gives a genealogy of the Messiah. No two passages of Scripture have caused more difficulty than these, and various attempts have been made to explain them. There are two sources of difficulty in these catalogues.Many names that are found in the Old Testament are here omitted; and, The tables of Matthew and Luke appear in many points to be different. From Adam to Abraham Matthew has mentioned no names, and Luke only has given the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:17

So all the generations ... - This division of the names in the genealogical tables was doubtless adopted for the purpose of aiding the memory. It was common among the Jews; and other similar instances are preserved. The Jews were destitute of books besides the Old Testament, and they had but few copies of that among them, and those chiefly in their synagogues. They would therefore naturally devise plans to keep up the remembrance of the principal facts in their history. One method of doing this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:12

Matthew 1:12. And after they were brought to Babylon After the Babylonish captivity commenced, Jechonias begat Salathiel It is here objected, that God said concerning this Jeconiah, called also Coniah, Jeremiah 22:30, Write ye this man childless: How then did he beget Salathiel? This objection is easily answered, for that verse, (where see the note,) expounds itself: it being added, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting on the throne of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:16

Matthew 1:16. Jacob begat Joseph It is evident that Joseph was properly the son of Jacob, and only the son-in-law of Eli: Luke 3:23. See note on Matthew 1:2. Though Joseph was not the true father of Christ, yet Christ’s pedigree was reckoned by him, because he had no other father as man, and Joseph was his supposed father, being the husband of Mary, his mother; and the mother being transplanted into her husband’s family, the child must go for one of that family. And therefore Joseph’s... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:17

Matthew 1:17. So all the generations, &c. “Matthew, designing to show that Jesus was the Messiah, began his genealogy at Abraham, to whom the promise was originally made, that in his seed all the families of the earth should be blessed. But the succession of Christ’s ancestors, from Abraham downward, naturally resolved itself into three classes; viz., first of private persons from Abraham to David; next of kings from David to Jehoiakim; and then of private persons from the Babylonish... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

6. Genealogies of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38)The genealogies recorded by Matthew and Luke show how the birth of Jesus fulfilled the promises made to Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3; Genesis 22:18). Matthew, writing for the Jews, begins his genealogy with Abraham, father of the Jewish race (Matthew 1:1-2a). Luke, writing for non-Jews, traces Jesus’ genealogy back past Abraham to Adam, to emphasize Jesus’ union with the whole human race (Luke 3:34-38).Between Abraham and David the two... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:12

they were brought = the carrying away, as in Matthew 1:11 . Jechonias , Jeremiah 22:30 , does not say "no sons"; but, "no sons to sit on the throne of David". Salathiel = Shealtiel, the real son of Assir; and hence was the grandson of Jeconiah (1 Chronicles 3:17-19 ), born "after" (see Matthew 1:12 ). Zorobabel. The real son of Pedaiah (1 Chronicles 3:19 ), but the legal son of Salathiel (compare Deuteronomy 25:5 ). See Ezra 3:2 ; Ezra 5:2 .Nehemiah 12:1 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:16

of whom. Greek. ex hes, feminine. [Mary]. born = brought forth. Greek. gennao. Spoken, here, of the mother. See note on "begat" (Matthew 1:2 ). Jesus. See App-98 . Christ = Anointed. Hebrew Messiah. See App-98 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 1:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:2-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 1:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 1:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 1:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 1:16

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