MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 1:1 The Arrival of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew’s introduction echoes Genesis 1:1. The word in Matthew 1:1 rendered “genealogy” (Greek genesis) implies that it is a book of “beginnings” (see note on Gen. 2:4). “The book of the genealogy” appears to function as a heading for the genealogy (Matthew 1:2) and as a title for the entire story: a new beginning with the arrival of Jesus the Messiah and the kingdom of God.

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