Matthew 1:18

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

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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 to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the Babylonian captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity until the Christ are fourteen generations.

19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, decided to repudiate her secretly.

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Cross References

Luke 1:25“So that's what the Lord has done for me in the days when He concerned Himself to take away my reproach among the people!”

Galatians 4:4But at just the right time God sent out His Son, born of a woman, born under law,

Hebrews 10:5Therefore, upon coming into the world He[S] says: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for me;

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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