Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

In Context

17So all the generations from Abraham till David were fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon were fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ were fourteen generations. 1 The Birth of Jesus

19Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, purposed to put her away secretly.

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Cross References

Luke 1:25“Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.” 1 The Birth of Jesus Foretold

Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Hebrews 10:5Therefore, when He entered into the world, He said: 1 “ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, 1 but a body You have prepared for Me. 1

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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