Matthew 1:16
And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
In Context
15And Eliud had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and Matthan had Jacob;
Cross References
Matthew 2:13And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.
Matthew 27:22Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.
Luke 1:27To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.
Luke 2:4And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,
Luke 2:10And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
Luke 3:23And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the 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 →