The record of the genealogy of 1Jesus the 2Messiah, athe son of 3David, bthe son of Abraham: Ps 132:11; Is 11:1Heb Yeshua (Joshua), meaning The Lord is salvation.Gr Christos. Greek for Messiah, which means Anointed One. Throughout his gospel, which is directed primarily to Jewish believers, Matthew uses OT Scripture to emphasize the fact that Jesus is their promised Messiah.The shepherd boy who killed the Philistine giant Goliath, and later became king of Israel.2 Sam 7:12-16; Ps 89:3f; 132:11; Is 9:6f; 11:1; Matt 9:27; Luke 1:32, 69; John 7:42; Acts 13:23; Rom 1:3; Rev 22:16Matt 1:1-6: <IT>Luke 3:32-34; </IT> Gen 22:18; Gal 3:16
2 Abraham 1was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of 2Judah and his brothers who became the twelve tribes of Israel.Lit begot, fathered, from the Greek word gennao, meaning “to father a child” (early modern English beget) and so throughout the genealogy whenever father occurs.Gr Judas; names of people in the OT are given in their OT form. 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, aPerez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chr 2:1-15; Matt 1:3-6 4 Ram was the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by 1Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.The woman who assisted the Hebrew spies before the conquest of Jericho (Josh 2:1-21). 6 Jesse was the father of 1David the king.David is the only one addressed as “the king.” The text places an emphasis on David, showing that Jesus is a descendant of David and an heir to the throne of David and the Davidic Covenant.Lit her of Uriah.2 Sam 11:27; 12:24
David awas the father of Solomon by 2Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. Ruth 4:18-22; 1+@Chr 2:13-15 7 Solomon awas the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.1 Chr 3:10ff 8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. 9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the afather of Josiah.1 Chr 3:14 11 Josiah became the father of Jeconiah also called Coniah and Jehoiachin and his brothers, at the time of the adeportation to Babylon. 2+@Kin 24:14; 1+@Chr 3:15, 162 Kin 24:14f; Jer 27:20; Matt 1:17
12 After the adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.2 Kin 24:14f; Jer 27:20; Matt 1:17 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. 14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by 1whom Jesus was born, awho is called the Messiah .The Greek singular feminine pronoun hes, translated “whom,” shows that Jesus was born of Mary alone, without Joseph’s participation; however, Jesus was considered Joseph’s legal son and heir. Accordingly, Matthew’s genealogy confirms Jesus as a legitimate descendant of David.Matt 27:17, 22; Luke 2:11; John 4:25
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David to the Babylonian adeportation , fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian bdeportation to the Messiah, fourteen generations.2 Kin 24:14f; Jer 27:20; Matt 1:11, 12
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His amother Mary had been 1betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was bfound to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.The first stage of marriage (called shiddukin in Hebrew) in Jewish tradition and law, usually lasting for a year before the wedding night; unlike an engagement, it was legally binding and required a divorce to nullify it. The woman remained with her parents during the betrothal year and was referred to as a “wife” even though the marriage was not consummated during this period of time (cf Deut 22:23, 24).Matt 12:46; Luke 1:27Luke 1:35 19 And Joseph her promised husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned ato send her away and divorce her quietly.Deut 22:20-24; 24:1-4; John 8:4, 5 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “aJoseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the Child who has been 1conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.Lit begotten.Luke 2:4 21 She will give birth to a Son, and ayou shall name Him Jesus , for He bwill 1save His people from their sins.”Those who, by personal faith, accept Him as Savior are saved from the penalty of sin and reconciled with the Father.Luke 1:31; 2:21Luke 2:11; John 1:29; Acts 4:12; 5:31; 13:23, 38, 39; Col 1:20-23 22 All this happened in order to fulfill what the Lord had aspoken through the 1prophet Isaiah:The prophets in the Bible always have the ability to foretell the future as revealed to them by God. Scripture provides stringent criteria for testing a prophet’s ability to foretell future events (Deut 18:22).Luke 24:44; Rom 1:2-4 23 “aBEHOLD, THE 1VIRGIN SHALL bBE WITH CHILD AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL”—which, when translated, means, “cGOD WITH US.” Is 7:14“Virgin” (Gr parthenos) clearly confirms that Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus.Is 7:14Is 9:6, 7Is 8:10 24 Then Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and he took Mary to his home as his wife, 25 but he kept her a virgin until she had agiven birth to a Son her firstborn child; and bhe named Him Jesus .Luke 2:7Matt 1:21; Luke 2:21