Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Matthew 1:7
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
MATTHEW 1:7-8 VAsa,f( VAsa,f {B} It is clear that the name “Asaph” is the earliest form of text preserved in the manuscripts, for the agreement of Alexandrian (a B) and other witnesses (¦1 ¦13 700 10...
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...
ROBOAM. Rehoboam (1 Kings 11:43). Note that in this case and in the three following: Rehoboam (a bad father) begat. bad son (Abijah); Abijah (a bad father) begat. good son (Asa); Asa (a good father) b...
VER 6-8. DAVID THE KING BEGAT SOLOMON OF HER THAT HAD BEEN THE WIFE OF URIAS; AND SOLOMON BEGAT ROBOAM; AND ROBOAM BEGAT ABIA; AND ABIA BEGAT ASA; AND ASA BEGAT JOSAPHAT. The Evangelist has now finis...
_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...
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...
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...
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,...
Matthew 1:6-10, ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου, _vide_ above. The chief feature in this second division of the genealogical table is the omission of three kings between Joram and Uzziah (Matthew 1:8), _viz._, Ahaz...
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...
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...
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...
AND SOLOMON BEGAT ROBOAM,.... Called Rehoboam, 1 Kings 11:43 of Naamah an Ammonitess, 1 Kings 14:21. AND ROBOAM BEGAT ABIA, sometimes called Abijam, as in 1 Kings 14:31, sometimes Abijah,...
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; Ver. 7. _And Solomon begat Roboam_] A child of forty years old, a soft spirited man; the Scripture notes him a פהי, easily drawn a...
_And Solomon begat Roboam_ From whose government ten of the tribes revolting, chose Jeroboam for their king, who, to prevent them from returning to their subjection to the house of David, introduced t...
AND SOLOMON BEGAT ROBOAM; AND ROBOAM BEGAT ABIA; AND ABIA BEGAT ASA;...
The evangelist now offers the genealogy proper:...
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...
This exactly agrees with the history of the Old Testament, 1 KINGS 11:43 (where he is called _Rehoboam_); he reigned but seventeen years, and died. 1 KINGS 14:21,31. Abijam his son reigned in his stea...
Matthew 1:7 G1161 Solomon G4672 begot G1080 (G5656) Rehoboam G4497 G1161 Rehoboam G4497 begot G1080 ...
Matthew 1:6 ‘And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah; and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa; and Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat beg...
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...
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...
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...
_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 1:6 Matthew may have drawn from 1 Chronicles 3:10. Both genealogies omit several of the kings found in the books of Kings and Chronicles. Such omissions were a common pr
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 3:10; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 12:1; 1 Kings 14:31;...