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( See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4).
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...
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 ang...
24. Joseph, being raised from sleep The ready performance, which is here described, serves not less to attest the certainty of Joseph’s fait...
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
Being raised from sleep—bidden him— Awaked out of sleep—directed him.
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 s...
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 pri...
Took unto him his wife. — These few words cover a great deal. They imply the formal ratification of the betrothal before witnesses; the benediction...
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 f...
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 fi...
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 h...
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...
TWO GREAT TRUTHS ‘Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise … He called His Name Jesus.’ Matthew 1:18-25 The verses (18 to 25) begin by...
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 Ch...
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...
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 f...
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 o...
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...
The Birth of Christ. 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as h...
See Poole on " Matthew 1:25 " .
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 grea...
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 n...
‘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 brough...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 1:18 . Espoused = betrothed.—Among the Jews the betrothal took place a year before marriage, and during the interval the...
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 Sa...
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...
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 -th...
EXPOSITION Matthew 1:1-40 JESUS THE CHRIST BY HUMAN ANCESTRY , (Parallel passage: Luke 3:23-42 .) Matthew 1:1 The book...
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...
The result of the angelic vision:
2 Kings 5:11-14 ; Genesis 22:2 ; Genesis 22:3 ; Genesis 6:22 ; Genesis 7:5 ; Hebrews 11:24-31 ; Hebrews 11:7 ; Hebrews 11:8 ; James 2:21-26...
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...
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: