Exodus 13:2; Exodus 22:29; Luke 2:21; Luke 2:7; Romans 8:29
Knew her not - The doctrine of the virginity of Mary before the birth of Jesus is a doctrine of the Scriptures, and is very important to be belie...
And knew her not (l) till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. (l) The word "till", in the Hebrew language, gives...
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...
knew her. Heb, idiom, and Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for cohabitation. Note the imperfect tense. was not knowing. See App-132. till...
25. And knew her not This passage afforded the pretext for great disturbances, which were introduced into the Church, at a former period, by...
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. Her first - born son - Τον υιον αυτης τον πρω-οτοκον. Li...
And knew her not till, &c.— Some may infer from this passage, that Mary had other children afterwards; but the original here only excludes the...
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. And knew her not until she had brought forth her...
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...
And knew her not till ] Some have thought that the evangelist means to imply that after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary lived together as man an...
Till she had brought forth her first-born son. — The word “firstborn” is not found in the best MSS. The questions which meet us here, unprofitable...
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...
"And knew her not" ,.... Or "but he knew her not", και answering to the Hebrew ו that is, had carnal knowledge of her, or copulation with her, thoug...
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. Ver. 25. And knew her not till she brought forth ] W...
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...
Ver. 24,25. The will of God (as we heard) was revealed to Joseph in a dream. It is God that giveth a power to sleep, and a power to awake; therefore...
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...
JESUS The Greek form of the Hebrew, "Jehoshua", meaning "saviour".
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...
The result of the angelic vision:
And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son: and he called His name Jesus. Joseph did not enter into the natural relations of m...
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...
He knew her not, till after she had brought forth — It cannot be inferred from hence, that he knew her afterward: no more than it can be inferred f...
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.