38Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
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And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-38)The evangelist mentioned John’s imprisonment before Christ’s being baptized, though it was nearly a year after it, because he would finish the story of John’s ministry, and then introduce that of Christ. Now here we have, I. A short account of Christ’s baptism, which had been more fully related by St. Matthew. Jesus came, to be baptized of John, and he was so, Luke 3:21 , 22 . 1. It is here said t…
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