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Matthew 1:16

Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

In Context

15Eliud begot Eleazar: Eleazar begot Matthan: Matthan begot Jacob:

17So all the generations from Abraham till David are fourteen generations: and from David till the removal to Babylon are fourteen generations: and from the removal to Babylon till the Christ are fourteen generations.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:13When they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I bring you word; for Herod is about to seek for the young child, to destroy him.

Matthew 27:22Pilate said to them: What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said to him: Let him be crucified.

Luke 1:27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

Luke 2:4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, (for he was of the house and family of David,).

Luke 2:10And the angel said to them: Be not afraid; for, behold, I bring you good news of great joy, which shall be for all people.

Luke 3:23And Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his ministry, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, son of Heli,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:2-18

Matthew to John The one half of our undertaking upon the New Testament It may be proper to apprise the reader that the volume to which this preface was originally prefixed included the Acts of the Apostles, which in the present edition will commence the second volume, in order to secure a more equal division of the New Testament—the commentary on the remaining books being less extended than the author contemplated .—Ed . is now, by the assistance of divine grace, finished, and presented to the reader, who, it is… Read the whole commentary →

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