Being raised from sleep - Having fully awoke.
Did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him - That is, he took Mary to wife. Probably this was done immediately, since he was now convinced of her innocence, and, by delay, he would not leave any ground of suspicion that he had not confidence in her.
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...
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)...
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, ...
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...
_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...
ΈΓΕΡΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. пот. masc. sing. от_ ΈΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) trans, пробуждать, поднимать; _pass._ пробуждаться, просыпаться (BAGD). Когда два действия объединяются в единый процесс, _aor. part._ ст...
BEING RAISED FROM SLEEP—BIDDEN HIM— _Awaked out of sleep—directed him._...
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 being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: THEN JOSEPH, BEING RAISED FROM SLEEP (AND ALL HIS DIFFICULTIES NOW REMOVED), DID AS THE...
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...
1:24 Lord (c-15) See Note, ch. 1.20....
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...
TOOK UNTO HIM HIS WIFE. — These few words cover a great deal. They imply the formal ratification of the betrothal before witnesses; the benediction by a priest; the marriage-feast; the removal from th...
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,...
_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...
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...
The heretic Helvidius argues from this text, and from what we read in the gospel of Christ's brethren, that Christ had brothers, and Mary other sons. But it is evident that in the style of the Scriptu...
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...
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...
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...
_THE ANGEL AND THE GUARDIAN_ ‘Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him.’ Matthew 1:24 I. THE DIVINE CHILD.—If to a person of tolerably good nature any little...
24._Joseph, being raised from sleep _The ready performance, which is here described, serves not less to attest the certainty of Joseph’s faith, than to commend his obedience. For, if every scruple had...
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 BEING RAISED FROM SLEEP,.... That is, being awaked out of sleep, του υπνου "that sleep", into which he either naturally fell, whilst he was meditating on the affair of Mary's being with ch...
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: Ver. 24. _Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel, &c._] As well assured th...
_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...
To follow the directions of God is safe, useful, and blessed....
THEN JOSEPH, BEING RAISED FROM SLEEP, DID AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD HAD BIDDEN HIM, AND TOOK UNTO HIM HIS WIFE. As soon as he awoke from sleep, he was immediately, energetically active and set about t...
The result of the angelic vision:...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 1:25"....
Matthew 1:24 Then G1161 Joseph G2501 aroused G1326 (G5685) from G575 sleep G5258 did G4160 (G5656) as...
‘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...
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...
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...
Matthew 1:24. THEN JOSEPH did. He believed, therefore he obeyed. Thus early in the Gospel is obedience represented as the fruit of faith....
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...
TOOK UNTO HIM HIS WIFE (παρελαβεν την γυναικα αυτου). The angel had told him not to be afraid to "take to his side" Mary his wife (Matthew 1:20). So when he awoke from his sleep he promptly obeyed t...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Matthew 1:24 I. No man that we read of in Scripture was so highly favoured as St. Joseph, in respect of being constantly near the person of our Saviour. From Christ's birth to His own death, which was...
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...
SO WHEN JOSEPH. DID. He immediately obeyed the Lord's instructions. A good example....
_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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 1:24 HE TOOK HIS WIFE. See notes on vv. 18, 19. ⇐
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...
2 Kings 5:11; Genesis 22:2; Genesis 22:3; Genesis 6:22; Genesis 7:5;...
The or his sleep [τ ο υ υ π ν ο υ]. The force of the definite article; the sleep in which he had the vision. So Rev., "Arose from his sleep....
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...
Joseph is no sooner assured that Mary is with child by the overshadowing power of the Holy Ghost, but he instantly obeys the Lord's command, and takes Mary to him, without further disputing or delayin...