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Matthew 1:18

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 20:7). (This was not the same as "engagement" today.) Usually a year went by before the marriage was "finalized." Before they were married. They had not yet begun to live together. She found out. Read the angel's prophecy (Luke 1:26-38). By the Holy Spirit. Jesus is God's ONLY Son unique the only example of such a birth in all time and eternity! (But Christ is pre-existent-see Colossians 1:15-20.)

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    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...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE LINEAGE OF THE KING (Matthew 1:1-17)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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_,...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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, ...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    (α) ἸΗΣΟΥ͂, now read by Tisch. (ed. 8), though absent from editions 5 and 7, is supported by all the _Greek_ codices, but rejected by some critics, chiefly on the evidence of Irenæus, who (as appears...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:18 is, (b-13) The Greek expression here translated 'that is' emphasizes the peculiar manner of the birth....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Matthew 1:18 Now G1161 birth G1083 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 was G2258 (G5713) follows G3779 After G1063 His...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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,...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:1 The Arrival of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew’s introduction echoes Genesis 1:1. The word in...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Gospels Compared

    And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her....

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MATTHEW 1:1 JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY, (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23.)...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Galatians 4:4; Galatians 4:5; Genesis 3:15; Hebrews 10:5; Hebrews 7:26;

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    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...

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