Matthew 1:16

Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, that is called Christ (or who is called the Messiah).

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In The King James Version

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

In Context

15Eliud begat Eleazar. Eleazar begat Matthan. Matthan begat Jacob.

17And so all the generations from Abraham to David be fourteen generations, and from David to the transmigration of Babylon be fourteen generations, and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ be fourteen generations. (And so all the generations from Abraham to David be fourteen generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon be fourteen generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Messiah be fourteen generations.)

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Cross References

Matthew 2:13And when they were gone, lo! the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in sleep, and said, Rise up, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there, till that I say to thee; for it is to come, that Herod seek the child, to destroy him.

Matthew 27:22Pilate saith to them, What then shall I do of Jesus, that is said Christ? All they say, Be he crucified. (Pilate said to them, Then what should I do with Jesus, who is called the Messiah? And they all cried, Crucify him!)

Luke 1:27to a maiden [or to a virgin], wedded to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the maiden was Mary.

Luke 2:4And Joseph went up from Galilee, from the city [of] Nazareth, into Judea, into a city of David, that is called Bethlehem, for that he was of the house and of the family of David,

Luke 2:10And the angel said to them, Do not ye dread; for lo! I preach to you a great joy, that shall be to all people. (And the angel said to them, Do not fear; for behold! I preach to you a great joy, that shall be for all people.)

Luke 3:23And Jesus himself was beginning as of thirty years, that he was guessed the son of Joseph, which was 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 →

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