Matthew 1

Matthew 1:1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

The roll, or catalogue, of the pedigree of Jesus Christ; according to the flesh, derived from those two most remarkable progenitors, David and Abraham; to whom the promises were most clearly and fully made of the Messiah, to be deduced from their loins.

Matthew 1:5

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse.

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab, who received the spies in Jericho; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth, the Moabitess; which two women, being foreigners from the commonwealth of Israel, were both mercifully received into the Church of God, and honoured with the progeniture of Christ.

Matthew 1:8

And Joram begat Ozias.

Of Joram was descended Ozias: betwixt whom were interposed three kings; Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah: whereof mention is not made; whether for that they were of the seed of Ahab, or for that, there being no danger of omission in so known a pedigree, there might be a just observation of the intended number of the generations specified.

Matthew 1:11

And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon.

And Josiah begat Jehoiakim and his brethren; and that Jehoiakim begat Joachin, or Jechoniah, near to the time that they were carried away captive to Babylon; so as Josiah was the grandfather of Jechoniah.

Matthew 1:12

After that they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel.

In the time of the captivity, Jechoniah, whom God pronounced childless, in respect of any succession to the throne, begat Salathiel his second son.

Matthew 1:16

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary.

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, being of the same tribe and family; so as they had the same common ancestors; which were therefore wont to be reckoned by the males, and not by the females.

Matthew 1:19

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away pririly.

Then Joseph, her betrothed husband, being a just man, and therefore not willing to cloak that unchastity, which he suspected in his espoused wife; and, on the other side, as a merciful and loving husband, being not willing to prosecute the rigour of the law against her: resolved to put her away pririly.

Matthew 1:20

Fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Fear not to acknowledge Mary for thy wife, and to make a ritual consummation of that marriage which is contracted betwixt you; for that, which is conceived in her, is not of any mortal seed, but is miraculously wrought by the power and operation of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 1:25

And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son: and he called his name JESUS.

And Joseph, in reverence of that divine work of the Holy Ghost, and that blessed conception which was wrought in her, yielded so much honour to the body of Mary his wife, as that he altogether abstained from all carnal knowledge of so holy a vessel: and when this only child of hers was born, according to the vision and premonition which he had from God, he called his name Jesus, or Saviour. II. 1, 2. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Now, when Jesus was, upon occasion of the tribes going up to their several cities to be taxed, born at Bethlehem, not that of Zebulon but of Judah, in the reign of Herod the first, being a tributary king of the Jews under the Romans, there came Wise Men from the eastern coasts, whether of Chaldea, or rather of Persia, to the city of Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he, whom we know, by assured revelation from God, to be born the true King of the Jews; and that, not a Prince of any natural and ordinary rank, but such a one, as is designed and notified from heaven, for some marvellous purpose: for there hath appeared unto us in the East a miraculous star, which signifieth his coming into the world; and we are come afar off, to present our homage and worship unto him.