Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Matthew 1:19
A public example; not willing to have her punished according to the law. Deuteronomy 22:21 Put her away privily, by writing a bill of divorcement, according to Deuteronomy 24:1.
A public example; not willing to have her punished according to the law. Deuteronomy 22:21 Put her away privily, by writing a bill of divorcement, according to Deuteronomy 24:1.
Verse Matthew 1:19. _TO MAKE HER A PUBLIC EXAMPLE_] παραδειγματισαι, to expose her to public infamy; from παρα, _near_, and δεικνυμαι, _I_ _show_, or _expose_; what is oddly, though emphatically, cal...
HER HUSBAND - The word in the original does not imply that they were married. It means here the man to whom she was espoused. A JUST MAN - Justice consists in rendering to every man his own. Yet this...
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...
BEING. JUST MAN. though he was. just man (i.e. desirous of obeying the Law). AND. yet. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. NOT WILLING. not wishing. Greek. _thelo_. See App-102. TO MAKE HER. PUBLICK EXAMPLE...
_being a just man_ i. e. one who observed the law, and, therefore, feeling bound to divorce Mary. But two courses were open to him. He could either summon her before the law-courts to be judicially co...
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)...
ΔΊΚΑΙΟΣ ὬΝ, ‘since he was a just man,’ i.e. one who observed the law, and, therefore, feeling bound to divorce Mary. But two courses were open to him. He could either summon her before the law-courts...
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 St Matthew, (1) the annunciation, ...
19.THEN JOSEPH HER HUSBAND, BEING A JUST MAN, AND NOT WILLING TO MAKE HER A PUBLIC EXAMPLE, WAS MINDED TO PUT HER AWAY PRIVILY. Chrys.: The Evangelist having said that she was found with child of the...
_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...
ΏΝ _praes. act. part._ (причины) от ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΘΈΛΩΝ _praes. act. part._ (причины) от ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) хотеть, желать, ΔΕΙΓΜΑΤΊΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΔΕΙΓΜΑΤΊΖΩ (G1165) изобличать, ославить, оп...
BEING A JUST MAN— Dr. Doddridge observes very well, that it is without any good reason that this text is often assigned as an instance, that the word is used to signify _merciful_ or _good-natured._ I...
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...
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. THEN JOSEPH HER HUSBAND: compare , "Mary, thy wife." Betrothal was, in...
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...
1:19 unwilling (c-10) The expression is characteristic. 'being a man not willing,' &c....
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...
A JUST _man_] i.e. a good or righteous man: here, in particular, a kind or humane man, because although he felt bound to divorce her, he wished to do so as privately as possible, and without assigning...
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...
JOSEPH HER HUSBAND. — The word was applied with strict accuracy from the moment of betrothal onwards. BEING A JUST MAN.... — The glimpse given us into the character of Joseph is one of singular tender...
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,...
Ι. ὁ ἀνὴρ : proleptic, implying possession of a husband's rights and responsibilities. The betrothed man had a duty in the matter δίκαιος … δειγμανίσαι. He was in a strait betwixt two. Being δίκαιος,...
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...
And Joseph her husband, knowing her strict virtue, was surprised at this her pregnancy, but "being a just man," and not willing to expose her, by denouncing her, or giving her a bill of divorce, he ha...
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...
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...
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. For the better apprehension of what is here said, it should be remembered,...
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...
19._As he was a just man _Some commentators explain this to mean, that Joseph, _because _he was a just man, determined to spare his wife: (98) taking _justice _to be only another name for humanity, or...
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...
THEN JOSEPH HER HUSBAND,.... To whom she had been betrothed, and who was her husband, and she his wife according to the Jewish law, Deuteronomy 22:23 though not yet come together, BEING A JUST MAN, o...
Then Joseph her husband, being a just _man_, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. Ver. 19. _Then Joseph her husband, being a just man_] And yet withal a...
_Joseph her husband, being a just_ [or _righteous_] _man_ That is, as many understand it, a strict observer of the law, and of the customs of his ancestors, and therefore not judging it right to retai...
At this critical juncture, Joseph proved himself all that a true Christian should be: THEN JOSEPH, HER HUSBAND, BEING A JUST MAN, AND NOT WILLING TO MAKE HER A PUBLIC EXAMPLE, WAS MINDED TO PUT HER AW...
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...
OLBGrk; It was found she was with child, possibly herself or some of her friends told it to Joseph her espoused husband; it is plain from this text he came to the knowledge of it, for upon it, the eva...
The Protevangelium of James And Joseph was greatly afraid, and retired from her, and considered what he should do in regard to her.[41] The History of Joseph the Carpenter And three months after he...
Matthew 1:19 Then G1161 Joseph G2501 her G846 husband G435 being G5607 (G5752) just G1342 and G2532 not...
‘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...
Matthew 1:19. JOSEPH, according to the Jewish law, HER HUSBAND. Comp. Matthew 1:20; Genesis 29:21; Deuteronomy 22:24. A j
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...
A RIGHTEOUS MAN (δικαιος). Or just, not benignant or merciful. The same adjective is used of Zacharias and Elizabeth (Luke 1:6) and Simeon (Luke 2:25). "An upright man," the _Braid Scots_ has it. He...
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...
JOSEPH. By custom, engagement was equal to marriage (Deuteronomy 22:23-24). WHAT WAS RIGHT. An act of kindness. To disgrace her publicly would make her subject to the death penalty (Deuteronomy 22:24)...
_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 1:19 Betrothed partners were referred to as HUSBAND and “wife” (v. Matthew 1:20), though they were not yet married. Having sexual relations during bet
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....
_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...
Acts 10:22; Deuteronomy 22:21; Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:24;...
Not willing [μ η θ ε λ ω ν] - was minded [ε β ο υ λ η θ η]. These two words, describing the working of Joseph's mind, and evidently intended to express different phases of thought, open the question o...
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...
A just man — A strict observer of the law: therefore not thinking it right to keep her....
That is, being an holy person, and. strict observer of the rites of his nation, he was unwilling to accompany with. defiled woman, and therefore minded to put her away, by giving. bill of divorce into...