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16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Matthew 1:16 —

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  • Matthew 27:17

    Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?

  • John 4:25

    The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

  • Luke 3:23

    And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being(as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

  • Luke 1:31-35

    And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. …

  • Matthew 27:22

    Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-17)

Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe, I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book , sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ , of his ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseos — a book of Genesis . The Old Testament begins with the book of the generation of the world, and it is…

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