George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Matthew 1:2
He begins with Abraham, the father of the faithful, because to him the promise was made, that all generations should be blessed in his seed. (Theophylactus)
He begins with Abraham, the father of the faithful, because to him the promise was made, that all generations should be blessed in his seed. (Theophylactus)
Verse Matthew 1:2. _ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC_] In this genealogy, those persons only, among the ancestors of Christ, which formed the _direct_ line, as specified: hence no mention is made of _Ishmael_, the...
These verses contain the genealogy of Jesus. Luke also Luke 3 gives a genealogy of the Messiah. No two passages of Scripture have caused more difficulty than these, and various attempts have been made...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. The King and the Offer of the Kingdom. Chapter s 1-12. 1. Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. (Matthew 1:1 .) 2. From Abraham to David. (Matthew 1:2 .) 3....
THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS (_cf._ Luke 3:23). The Biblical part of this genealogy (Matthew 1:2) is taken from 1 Chronicles 1-3, with some help from Ruth 4:18;...
THE LINEAGE OF THE KING (Matthew 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, w...
ABRAHAM.GENESIS 21:2, Genesis 21:3.Romans 9:7; Romans 9:9. BEGAT. Greek. _gennao._ When used of the father. _to beget_ or _engender_.
ἘΓΈΝΝΗΣΕΝ. In accordance with all the uncial MSS. the final ν (called ἐφελκυστικόν or ‘attached’) is added in the best critical editions before vowels and consonants alike. To this rule Tischendorf ad...
VER 2. ABRAHAM BEGAN ISAAC; AND ISAAC BEGAT JACOB; AND JACOB BEGAT JUDAS AND HIS BRETHREN. Aug., de Con. Evan., ii, 1: Matthew, by beginning with Christ's genealogy, shews that he has undertaken to re...
_THE BACKGROUND OF THE MESSIAH MATTHEW 1:1-11_ : The genealogy of Jesus connects him with God and man, Jew and Gentile, rich and poor, and men and women. It is of interest that four women are named in...
ΈΓΈΝΝΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΕΝΝΆΩ (G1080) рождать — необязательно о детях, могут подразумеваться и потомки по прямой линии (RWP)....
CHAPTER ONE Section 1. THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS TEXT: 1:1-17 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and...
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC; AND ISAAC BEGAT JACOB; AND JACOB BEGAT JUDAS AND HIS BRETHREN. Only the fourth son of Jacob...
GENEALOGY AND BIRTH OF JESUS 1-17. Genealogy of Jesus: cp. Luke 3:23. The two genealogies of Jesus, which are constructed on quite different principles, require careful comparison and study, if their...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ ABOUT MATTHEW The author was a *Jewish Christian who wrote especially for *Jews. One early Christian writer said, ‘Matthew collected what Jes...
The omission of the names of Ishmael and Esau is explained by the fact, that they were not only not in the line of succession, but were outside the covenant with Abraham — “In Isaac shall thy seed be...
CHAPTER 1 The Coming of the Christ - Matthew 1:1 THE New Testament opens appropriately with the four Gospels; for, though in their present form they are all later in date than some of the Epistles,...
The genealogy divides into three parts: from Abraham to David (Matthew 1:2-6 a); from David to the captivity (Matthew 1:6-11); from the captivity to Christ. On closer inspection it turns out to be not...
Matthew 1:2-6 a. καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ. This is not necessary to the genealogical line, but added to say by the way that He who belonged to the tribe of Judah belonged also to _all_ the tribes of Is...
THE LINE BY WHICH MESSIAH CAME Matthew 1:1-17 The enumeration of our Lord's ancestors, with its threefold division into fourteen generations and evident gaps, was probably so arranged to aid the memo...
The Gospel of Matthew portrays Jesus as King. It reveals Him as realizing in His Person, and enunciating in His teaching the great principles which had been the peculiar deposit and glory of the ancie...
GENEALOGIES Matthew 1 and Luke 3. There is but one fact of vital importance in all of these genealogies, and that is the transmission to all generations, an infallible history of our Lord's progenitor...
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. There would be nothing particularly necessary for me to detain the Reader with in going over this pedigree of...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
2._Jacob begat Judah and his brethren _While Matthew passes by in silence Ishmael, Abraham’s first-born, and Esau, who was Jacob’s elder brother, he properly assigns a place in the genealogy to the Tw...
The object of the Spirit of God, in this Gospel, being to present Jehovah as fulfilling the promises made to Israel, and the prophecies that relate to the Messiah (and no one can fail to be struck wit...
ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC,.... The descent of Christ from Abraham is in the line of Isaac; Abraham begat Ishmael before Isaac, and others after him, but they are not mentioned; because the Messiah was not t...
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; Ver. 2. _Abraham begat Isaac_] The fruit, not more of his flesh than of his faith, _a_ whence he is said to be "bor...
_Abraham begat Isaac_ “The evangelist here opens his history with our Lord's genealogy by Joseph, his supposed father. Luke gives another genealogy of him, thought by many to be Joseph's also, but wit...
The evangelist now offers the genealogy proper:...
ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC; AND ISAAC BEGAT JACOB; AND JACOB BEGAT JUDAS AND HIS BRETHREN;...
The genealogy of the King of Israel must be clearly established as from Abraham, the original father of the nation, and from David, the first king of God's choice, who is in many ways a type of Christ...
1-17 Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe the chief intention. It is not a needless genealogy. It is not a vain-glorious one, as those of great men often are. It proves that our Lord Jes...
The evangelist reckoneth the genealogy of our Saviour by three periods, reckoning thrice fourteen descents. The first period began in Abraham, GENESIS 21:2,3 and ended in David. The second began in So...
Matthew 1:2 Abraham G11 begot G1080 (G5656) Isaac G2464 G1161 Isaac G2464 begot G1080 (G5656) Jacob...
THE PRE-HISTORY (GENEALOGY) OF JESUS THE MESSIAH (1:2-16). The genealogy of Jesus now follows being in reverse order to Matthew 1:1; Matthew 1:1 refers from Jesus the Messiah back to His sources in Da...
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers.' Matthew then begins his seemingly long and detailed genealogy, but before we switch off we should notice that for I...
SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO JESUS THE CHRIST (1:1-17). The introduction to the Gospel is in the form of a genealogy which indicates that Jesus is ‘the son of David' and ‘the son of Abraham'. This descr...
_The genealogy of Christ._ Two lists of the human ancestors of Christ are given in the New Testament: Matthew, writing for Jewish Christians, begins with Abraham; Luke (Luke 3:23-38), writing for Gent...
Matthew 1:2. ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC. ‘Begat,' repeated throughout, makes prominent the idea of a living connection and succession. JUDAH, the direct ancestor, is named; HIS BRETHREN are added, to indic...
BEGAT (εγεννησεν). This word comes, like some of the early Chapter s of Genesis, with regularity through verse 16, until the birth of Jesus is reached when there is a sudden change. The word itself...
CONTENTS: Generations of Jesus Christ. His conception and birth. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Joseph, Mary, generations of Christ from Abraham to David. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ was, in acc...
Matthew 1:1. _The book of the generation,_ or rather the genealogy, _of Jesus Christ._ This is the Hebraical mode of writing. Moses says, Genesis 5:1, This is the book of the generations of Adam. Jesu...
ABRAHAM WAS THE FATHER OF ISAAC. Matthew traces the line from Abraham. Jewish history begins with him. Luke begins with Adam, since he writes for Gentiles (Luke 3:23-38). Both accounts are compared in...
_The book of the generation._ THE LESSONS OF CHRIST’S GENEALOGY 1. It is a proof of the reality of Christ’s humanity. 2. It suggests the relation of Christ’s work to the whole human race. 3. It ma...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:1 The Arrival of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew’s introduction echoes Genesis 1:1. The word in...
THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS Matthew 1:1-17 Luke 3:23-38 Matthew's Genealogy starts at ABRAHAM and goes to Jesus. Luke's Genealogy starts at Jesus and goes in reverse to ADAM. When the genealogies arriv...
CHAPTER 1. The book of the generation. Thus it is verbally in the Greek, Latin, Syrian, Arabic, Egyptian, Persian texts. But the Ethiopian has _the genealogy of Jesus Christ_. Matthew here seems to im...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 1:1.—A _title_, and might be appropriately rendered, GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST, SON OF DAVID, SON OF ABRAHAM (_Morison_). Refers, strictly speaking, not to the whole Gospel of...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 1:1 JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY, (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23.)...
Let's get into the Gospel According To Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector in Capernaum before he was called by Jesus Christ to be a disciple. He was also called Levi. And he opens his gospel by givi...
1 Chronicles 1:28; 1 Chronicles 1:34; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 5:1;...
Both the Evangelists, St. Matthew and St. Luke, make mention of our Savior's pedigree; the former by his reputed father's side, the latter by his mother's side: the design of both was to present us wi...