THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST
St Mark and St John give no account of the birth of Jesus, St Luke narrates several particulars not recorded by St Matthew, (1) the annunciation, (2) Mary’s salutation of Elizabeth in a city of Juda (or Juttah), and (3) the journey from Galilee to Bethlehem.
MATTHEW 1:18 VIhsou/ Cristou/ {B} It is difficult to decide which is the original reading. On the one hand, the prevailing tendency of scribes was to expand either VIhsou/j or Cristo,j by the additio...
Verse Matthew 1:18. _ESPOUSED TO JOSEPH_] The word μνηστευθεισης, from μνηστευω, to _contract_, or _betroth_, refers to the previous marriage agreement, in which the parties mutually bound themselves...
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 twev...
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 BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH. In Mt., Joseph has the principal rô le; in Lk., Mary. Six inspired dreams are narrated in Mt., three of them with the angel of Yahweh. Five are in chs. 1 and 2, the sixth in...
THE LINEAGE OF THE KING (Matthew 1:1-17)...
The birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way. Mary, His mother, was betrothed to Joseph, and, before they became man and wife, it was discovered that she was carrying a child in her womb through the...
NOW: or, But, in contrast with those mentioned in verses: Matthew 1:2. Render: "The begetting, then, of Jesus Christ was on this wise (for after His mother was espoused to Joseph, she was found with c...
The Birth of Jesus Christ. Luke 1:26-56; Luke 2:4-7 St Mark and St John give no account of the birth of Jesus, St Luke narrates several particulars not recorded by Matthew, (1) the annunciation, (2)...
_Jesus_ see Matthew 1:21. _Christ_(anointed)] The _title_of Jesus as Prophet, Priest and King; for among the Jews, Prophets, Priests and Kings were anointed on entering upon their office. _Christos_,...
18.NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST WAS ON THIS WISE: WHEN AS HIS MOTHER MARY WAS ESPOUSED TO JOSEPH, BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER, SHE WAS FOUND WITH CHILD OF THE HOLY GHOST. Pseudo-Chrys.: Having said abo...
_THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH MATTHEW 1:18-21:_ "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we mi...
ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΘΕΊΣΗΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) gen. fem. sing. Gen. abs._, "после того как Его Мать" (_см._ BD, 218; RG, 514). ΜΝΗΣΤΕΎΩ (G3423) ухаживать и добиться согласия, обручиться; _pass._ быть обруче...
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...
SECTION 2. THE ANNUNCIATION TO JOSEPH TEXT: 1:18-25 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 wit...
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST...
1 David 1 Ozias 2 Solomon 2 Joatham 3 Roboam 3 Achaz 4 Abijah 4 Hezekiah 5 Asaph 5 Manasseh 6 Josaphat 6 Amos 7 Joram 7 Josiah [Ahaziah] [Jehoahaz] [Jehoash] [Jehoiakim] [Amaziah] [Jechon...
1:18 is, (b-13) The Greek expression here translated 'that is' emphasizes the peculiar manner of the birth....
WAS ESPOUSED] BV 'had been betrothed.' Betrothal was almost equivalent to marriage, and could not be broken off without a formal divorce: cp. on John 8:3 and Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:24. SHE...
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...
St. Matthew, for some reason or other, omits all mention of what St. Luke relates very fully, as to the events that preceded the birth of Jesus and brought about the birth at Bethlehem. Either he had...
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,...
μνηστευθείσης … αὐτούς indicates the position of Mary in relation to Joseph when her pregnancy was discovered. Briefly it was betrothed, not married. Πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν means before they came together i...
THE BIRTH OF JESUS. This section gives the explanation which ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη (Matthew 1:16) leads us to expect. It may be called _the justification of the genealogy_ (Schanz), showing that while the bi...
THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST Matthew 1:18-25 The fear that Joseph, being a just man, might withdraw from their contemplated wedlock, would have filled Mary's heart with untold anguish had she not been...
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...
Now the birth of (2) Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit. (2) Christ is t...
The account of the birth of Jesus Christ follows his genealogy. From these words, "before they came together," Helvidius and others have started objections, which have been answered long ago by St. Je...
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...
AN ANGEL APPEARS TO JOSEPH Matthew 1:18-25. We find that Gabriel spoke to Mary when she was wide awake, in broad daylight; but in the case of Joseph, he appears to him in a dream, while asleep; as Mar...
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. The subject of the miraculous con...
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...
_TWO GREAT TRUTHS_ ‘Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise … He called His Name Jesus.’ Matthew 1:18 The verses (18 to 25) begin by telling us two great truths. They tell us how the Lord Je...
18._Now the birth of Jesus Christ _Matthew does not as yet relate the place or manner of Christ’s birth, but the way in which his heavenly generation was made known to Joseph. First, he says that Mary...
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...
NOW THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST,.... The Evangelist having finished the genealogy of Christ, proceeds to give an account of his birth, which includes both his conception and bringing forth; and which he...
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Ver. 18. _Now the birth of Jesus...
_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 foll...
ON THIS WISE; after this manner. ESPOUSED TO JOSEPH; engaged to be married to him. BEFORE; before they were actually married. OF THE HOLY GHOST; the conception of Jesus Christ was miraculous, and ef...
THE ANNUNCIATION TO JOSEPH AND THE BIRTH OF JESUS. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise, the evangelist writes. The reference is not so much to the actual process of generation, but express...
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...
18-25 Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God entered into this lower world, till we learn to despise the vain honours of this world, when compared with piety and holiness. The my...
The evangelist prefaceth this extraordinary birth of our Saviour in this manner. NOW THE BIRTH OR JESUS CHRIST WAS ON THIS WISE; not in the ordinary course and manner in which children are conceived a...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Then, that he might free our mind from suspicion regarding Joseph, he says: "But the birth of Christ[267] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III To this effect they t...
Matthew 1:18 Now G1161 birth G1083 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 was G2258 (G5713) follows G3779 After G1063 His...
‘Now the birth of Jesus Christ came about in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit, and Joseph her husband,...
SECTION 2. THE BIRTH AND RISE OF JESUS THE MESSIAH (THE CHRIST) (1:18-4:25). In this section, following the introduction, Matthew reveals the greatness of Jesus the Christ. He will now describe the un...
THE BIRTH OF JESUS THE CHRIST (1:18-25). Jesus the Messiah having been introduced as a fulfilment of history from Abraham onwards, the narrative now commences with His birth. Given what a remarkable e...
The circumstances preceding the Nativity; Mary, doubted by her betrothed husband; his design of putting her away privately; her vindication by means of a dream; Joseph's faith; the name in accordance...
Matthew 1:18. THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST. Same word as in Matthew 1:1 (‘generation'). Here it means ‘origin.' The more usual word implies a ‘begetting'; the choice of this word indicates something pecu...
THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST (του [Ιησου] Χριστου η γενεσις). In the Greek Jesus Christ comes before birth as the important matter after Matthew 1:16. It is not certain whether "Jesus" is here a part o...
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...
JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN. His appearance on the human scene (John 1:14). MARY WAS ENGAGED. Custom, from the time of the Patriarchs, considered "engagement" a legally binding form of marriage (Deuteronomy...
_A just man._ AN HONEST MAN’S DILEMMA I. That troubles are irrespective of character. II. That the mental perplexities of the good arise often from the want of insight into the divine movements. Th...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:18 MARY HAD BEEN BETROTHED TO JOSEPH. In the custom of betrothal, parents chose a young woman to be engaged to their son. A second stage of betrothal involved official arrang...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:1 The Arrival of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew’s introduction echoes Genesis 1:1. The word in...
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her....
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 1:18. ESPOUSED = betrothed.—Among the Jews the betrothal took place a year before marriage, and during the interval the betrothed maiden remained with her own family. But fro...
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...
Galatians 4:4; Galatians 4:5; Genesis 3:15; Hebrews 10:5; Hebrews 7:26;
Espoused [μ ν η σ τ ε υ θ ε ι σ η ς : Rev., betrothed; Tyn., maryed]. The narrative implies a distinction between betrothal and marriage. From the moment of her betrothal a woman was treated as if act...
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Matthew 1:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We here present one of the great omissions of the Bible, which constitutes one of the great proofs that Christ was virgin born. The earlier ve...
This is, the birth of Christ was not in the ordinary and natural way, but his mother Mary was found to be with child by the extraordinary and miraculous operation of the Holy Ghost. Here note, That th...