Matthew 1:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. ”

Matthew 1:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So all the generations ... - This division of the names in the genealogical tables was doubtless adopted for the purpose of aiding the memory. It was common among the Jews; and other similar inst...
Matthew 1:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

All (e) the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon u...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

So. Verse 17 is the Figure of speech Symperasma. App-6. all the generations. See the Structure, above. The first begins with the call of Abraham, and ends with the call of David the layman (...
Matthew 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto C...
Matthew 1:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So all the generations, &c.— St. Matthew, designing to shew that Jesus was the Messiah, begun his genealogy at Abraham, to whom the promise was originally made that in his seed all the families...
Matthew 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto C...
Matthew 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The arrangement into three triads of fourteen generations each was obviously in the nature of a memoria technica. The periods embraced by the three groups were, it may be noted, of very unequal len...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Chris...
Matthew 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So all the generations from Abraham ,.... The Evangelist having traced the genealogy of Christ from Abraham, which he divides into "three" parts, because of the threefold state of the Jews, "first"...
Matthew 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto C...
Matthew 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So all the generations , &c. “Matthew, designing to show that Jesus was the Messiah, began his genealogy at Abraham, to whom the promise was originally made, that in his seed all the families o...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The evangelist, for reasons which we cannot fathom, reduces our Saviour's progenitors to fourteen in each period of the Jewish state; and in the first period, determining with David, there were no...
Matthew 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 d...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - 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....
Matthew 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joseph the husband of Mary. Jesus the seed of the woman 1. Jesus is the Christ. 2. He has a human ancestry. 3. He has a Jewish ancestry. 4. He has a Gentile ancestry. 5. He has a ro...
Matthew 1:17 - 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...
Matthew 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Such is Matthew's introduction to his Gospel. And in concluding this genealogy, which immediately places Jesus the Christ into the center before the minds and hearts of his readers, he gives a brief...
Matthew 1:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christmas Message Matthew 1:16-25 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 ea...
Matthew 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So all the generations — Observe, in order to complete the three fourteens, David ends the first fourteen, and begins the second (which reaches to the captivity) and Jesus ends the third fourteen....

Matthew 1:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 1:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 1:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 1:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 1:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 1:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes