Matthew 1:18

Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way: When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.

Revised King James New Testament

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 exile to Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.

19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

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Cross References

Luke 1:25Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my disgrace among men.

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

Hebrews 10:5Therefore, when he came into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared 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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