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MATTHEW 1:25 ui`o,n {A}
The Textus Receptus, following C D* K W D P most minuscules _al,_
inserts to,n before ui`o,n and adds auvth/j to.n prwto,tokon (“_her
firstborn_ son”) from...
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Verse Matthew 1:25. _HER FIRST-BORN SON_] Τον υιον αυτης
τον πρω-οτοκον. Literally, _That son of hers, the
first-born one_. That Mary might have had _other_ children, any person
may reasonably and pi...
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KNEW HER NOT - The doctrine of the virginity of Mary before the birth
of Jesus is a doctrine of the Scriptures, and is very important to be
believed. But the Bible does not affirm that she had no chil...
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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....
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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...
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THE LINEAGE OF THE KING (Matthew 1:1-17)...
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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...
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KNEW HER. Heb, idiom, and Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for
cohabitation. Note the imperfect tense. was not knowing. See App-132.
TILL. Mat 12:46-60. Matthew 13:55; Matthew 13:56, clearly s...
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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)...
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_knew her not till_ This expression cannot be considered as in any way
decisive of the question, whether the Virgin Mary had or had not
children besides our blessed Lord.
_her firstborn son_ The olde...
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ΥἹῸΝ (א B) for τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν
πρωτότοκον. The reading of the receptus is probably due to
Luke 2:7, where πρωτότοκον is unchallenged. The insertion
may have been made for controversial reasons, as...
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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, ...
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24.THEN JOSEPH BEING RAISED FROM SLEEP DID AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
HAD BIDDEN HIM, AND TOOK UNTO HIM HIS WIFE: 25. AND KNEW HER NOT TILL
SHE HAD BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON: AND HE CALLED HIS NA...
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_HIS NAME WAS CALLED JESUS MATTHEW 1:22-25:_ The conception of Jesus
took place in an extraordinary manner. While Mary was a virgin, still
untouched by any man, she conceived a child by the Holy Ghost...
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ΈΓΊΝΩΣΚΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097)
знать (употребляется в сексуальном
смысле, сходно с_евр._ словом ידע,
"познавать"). _Impf._ указывает
продолженное или неисполненное
действие в прошлом....
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AND KNEW HER NOT TILL, &C.— Some may infer from this passage, that
Mary had other children afterwards; but the original here only
excludes the time preceding the birth, without any consequence as to
t...
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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...
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And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.
AND KNEW HER NOT UNTIL SHE HAD BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON. [
ton (G3588) proototokon (G4416). Lach...
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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...
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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...
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AND KNEW HER NOT TILL] Some have thought that the evangelist means to
imply that after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary lived together as
man and wife, and that children were born to them. This may...
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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...
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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,...
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καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν … υἱόν : absolute habitual
(note the imperfect) abstinence from marital intercourse, the sole
purpose of the hastened marriage being to legitimise the child.
ἕως : not till then, and...
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_Joseph hesitates no more_ : immediate energetic action takes the
place of painful doubt. Euthymius asks: Why did he so easily trust the
dream in so great a matter? and answers: because the angel reve...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And knew her not (l) till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and
he called his name JESUS.
(l) The word "till", in the Hebrew language, gives us to understand
that a thing will not come to pass...
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See note on ver. 18. --- St. Jerome assures us, that St. Joseph always
preserved his virginal chastity. It is "of faith" that nothing
contrary thereto ever took place with his chaste spouse, the bless...
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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...
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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...
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And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.
There is a great sweetness and modesty in the original word, for
knowing her not. And the chastity of scrip...
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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...
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_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...
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25._And knew her not _This passage afforded the pretext for great
disturbances, which were introduced into the Church, at a former
period, by Helvidius. The inference he drew from it was, that Mary
re...
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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...
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"AND KNEW HER NOT",.... Or "but he knew her not", και answering to
the Hebrew ו that is, had carnal knowledge of her, or copulation with
her, though his wife. The words are an euphemism, or a modest w...
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And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.
Ver. 25. _And knew her not till she brought forth_] We think hardly
of him that taketh to wife the widow a...
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_Joseph did as the angel had bidden him_ This sudden change of his
resolution, shows his great faith and ready obedience to God. When God
speaks to our hearts, we speedily and cheerfully do what befor...
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The result of the angelic vision:...
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AND KNEW HER NOT TILL SHE HAD BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRST-BORN SON: AND HE
CALLED HIS NAME JESUS.
Joseph did not enter into the natural relations of marriage with Mary
until her son, the promised Messiah,...
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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...
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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...
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Ver. 24,25. The will of God (as we heard) was revealed to Joseph in a
dream. It is God that giveth a power to sleep, and a power to awake;
therefore it is said, _being raised from sleep, _ he showed b...
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Matthew 1:25 and G2532 not G3756 know G1097 (G5707) her G846 till
G2193 G3739 forth G5088 ...
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‘And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him, and took to himself his wife, and knew her not until
she had brought forth a son, and he called his name JESUS.'
Note...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 1:25. KNEW HER NOT. A Hebrew form for conjugal cohabitation;
comp. Luke 1:36.
A SON. The words answering to ‘her ‘and ‘first-born ‘are
omitted by some of the best authorities. They may, howev...
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AND KNEW HER NOT
(κα ουκ εγινωσκεν αυτην). Note the imperfect tense,
continuous or linear action. Joseph lived in continence with Mary till
the birth of Jesus. Matthew does not say that Mary bore no...
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JESUS
The Greek form of the Hebrew, "Jehoshua", meaning "saviour"....
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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...
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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...
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NO SEXUAL RELATIONS. The language here does not imply any perpetual
virginity. Jesus grew up in a normal home (Matthew 13:54-55)....
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_Child._
I. We remember that God came to us in that child. “God with us.”
This should remove all dread of God.
II. That God can come to us in -the smallest things.
III. That the whole of life is sa...
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And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me
according to thy word. And the angel departed from her....
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 1:1
JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY, (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23.)...
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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...
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Exodus 13:2; Exodus 22:29; Luke 2:21; Luke 2:7; Romans 8:29...
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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...
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He knew her not, till after she had brought forth — It cannot be
inferred from hence, that he knew her afterward: no more than it can
be inferred from that expression, 2 Samuel 6:23, Michal had no chi...
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It is piously believed, though not positively in scripture
asserted,that the Virgin had no other child but our Savior: it is.
very probable opinion, though not an infallible article of faith, as
the C...