I. We are reminded here that our Blessed Lord has a human ancestry.
II. Our Lord's ancestry was both Jewish and Gentile.
III. Our Lord's ancestry was lowly.
IV. Our Lord had a royal ancestry.
V. The Saviour has an immortal ancestry.
J. N. Norton, Golden Truths,p. 46.
References: Matthew 1:18. A. Whyte, Expositor,3rd series, vol. i., p. 120; C. Girdlestone, A Course of Sermons,vol. i., p. 89. Matthew 1:18-25. Clergyman's Magazine,vol. iii., p. 355; Parker, Inner Life of Christ,vol. i., p. 10.