Matthew 1:18

Now the birth, of [Jesus] Christ, was, thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph,—before they came together, she was found with child by [the] Holy Spirit.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 then, all the generations from Abraham unto David, are, fourteen, generations, and, from David unto the removal to Babylon, fourteen, generations; and, from the removal to Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen, generations.

19Moreover, Joseph her husband, being, righteous, and yet unwilling to expose her,—intended, privately, to divorce her.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:15And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed,—He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.

Job 15:14What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?

Luke 1:25Thus, for me, hath the Lord wrought,—in the days in which he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

Galatians 4:4But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be under law,—

Hebrews 10:5Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith: Sacrifice and offering, thou willedst not, but, a body, hast thou fitted 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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