Matthew 1:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ”

• Matthew 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The book of the generation - This is the proper title of the chapter. It is the same as to say, “the account of the ancestry or family, or the genealogical table of Jesus Christ.” The phrase is c...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The (1) (a) book of the (b) generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the (c) son of Abraham. (1) Jesus Christ came of Abraham of the tribe of Judah, and of the family of David as God promised....

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• Matthew 1:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Genealogy of Jesus ( cf. Luke 3:23-38 ). The Biblical part of this genealogy ( Matthew 1:2-12 ) is taken from 1 Chronicles 1-3, with some help from Ruth 4:18-20 ; Genesis 38:16 ff., and ot...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  As all are not agreed about these two genealogies, which are given by Matthew and Luke, we must first see whether both trace the genealogy of Christ from Joseph, or whether Matthew only traces...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ - I suppose these words to have been the original title to this Gospel; an...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The book of the generation— The lineage of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. Campbell. Commentators are divided with regard to this phrase; some supposing that it means, and should be r...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. The book of the generation - an expression purely Jewish; meaning, 'Table of the genealogy.' In Genesis 5:1...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The book of the generation] RM 'of the genealogy.' The phrase is from Genesis 5:1 , and is meant as a title not of the whole Gospel, nor even of the Nativity, but only of the genealogy ( Matthew 1...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The book of the generation. — The opening words of the Gospel show that it is written by a Jew for Jewish readers. They are an essentially Hebrew formula (as in Genesis 5:1 ), and were applied chi...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 1 The Coming of the Christ - Matthew 1:1-25 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 Ep...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 th...

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• Matthew 1:1 - 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 anci...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The Gospel opens with the relation of the genealogy of Christ after the flesh. We have an account of the miraculous conception: CHRIST'S birth and name. Matthew 1:1 The book of the gener...

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• Matthew 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ver. 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ ,.... This is the genuine title of the book, which was put to it by the Evangelist himself; for the former seems to be done by another hand. This b...

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• Matthew 1:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Ver. 1. The Book ] That is, a roll or register, catalogue or calendar, a ciphering and summing up. ( Genesis 5:1...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The book That is, This is the book , the verb being elegantly omitted, according to the custom of the Hebrews, and also of the Greeks and Romans; of the generation Or, as the Syriac expresses it...

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• Matthew 1:1 - L. 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 Chris...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Genealogy of Christ.       1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.   2 Abraham begat Isaa...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Matthew CHAPTER 1 Summary Matthew 1:1-17 The genealogy of Christ from Abraham to Joseph. Matthew 1:18-25 The miraculous conception of Mary: Joseph's doubts are satisfied by an angel, who...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Opening Declaration ( Matthew 1:1 ). ‘The book of the generation of Jesus Messiah (Christ), the son of David, the son of Abraham.' This may be seen as the heading of the whole book, or as the...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 Gos...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Matthew 1:1 Note some points in the genealogy of our Lord. I. Amongst those whom St. Matthew records as the ancestors of Christ according to the flesh, there are only four female names introduced...

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• Matthew 1:1 - 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....

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• Matthew 1:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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....

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• Matthew 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 1:1-40 JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY , (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23-42 .) Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation . As St. Matthew was writing on...

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• Matthew 1:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. This is the title, or caption, which Matthew places at the head of his book. The entire Gospel is a book of...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Samuel 7:13 ; 2 Samuel 7:16 ; Acts 13:22 ; Acts 2:30 ; Amos 9:11 ; Galatians 3:16 ; Genesis 12:3 ; Genesis 2:4 ; Genesis 22:18 ; Genesis 26:3-5 ; Genesis 28:13 ; Genesis 28:14 ; Genesi...

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• Matthew 1:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ — That is, strictly speaking, the account of his birth and genealogy. This title therefore properly relates to the verses that immediately follow: but as...

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