Chapter 1

[Rabbi Eric]

ACCORDING TO MATTHEW

The Genealogy of Jesus Messiah
(Lk 3:23-38)
   1.1.  A scroll of the genealogy of Jesus Messiah, Son of David,  Son of Abraham. 
   1:2. Abraham begat Isaac, Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers.  3. And Judah begat Perez and Zerach by Tamar, and Perez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram, 4. and Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nashon, and Nashon begat Salmon, 5. and Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, 6. and Jesse begat David the king. 
   And David begat Solomon by Abijah begat Asa, 8. and Asa begat Jehoshafat, and Jehoshafat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah, 9. and Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, 10. and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah, 11. and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brothers in the time of the Babylonian captivity.
   1:12. After the Babylonian captivity Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, 13. and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor, 14. and Azor begat Sadok, and Sadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Elihud, 15. and Elihud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, 16. and Jacob begat Joseph,  the husband of Mary, of whom  was born Jesus, the One called Messiah.
   1:17. Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the Babylonian captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity until the Messiah are fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Messiah
(Lk 2:1-7)
    1:18. And Jesus Messiah was born in this manner.  While His mother Mary was betrothed  to Joseph, before they came together she was found to have been made pregnant by the Holy Spirit.  19. And Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to expose her publicly, wanted to secretly divorce her.  20. And when he was considering these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying, “Joseph, son of David, you must not be afraid to take Mary to yourself for your wife: for the One being formed in her is by the Holy Spirit.  21. And she will give birth to a Son, and you will call his name Jesus:  for He will save His people from their sins.”  22. And all this had happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,
23.   “Behold the virgin will be pregnant and will bear a son,
      and they will call His name Emanuel.” (Is 7:14)
which is translated “God with us.”  24. And after Joseph rose from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and he took his wife, 25. but he did not know her until she gave birth to a son: and he called His name Jesus.
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  (v.1) See Son of David/Son of Joseph in Glossary.
  (v.16) Joseph did not father Jesus, so Matthew could not continue saying “begat.” For insight to this name. See Son of David/Son of Joseph in Glossary. See Genealogy of Jesus in Glossary.
  (v.16) The word ‘whom’ in Greek is feminine, referring specifically to Mary. Some say this makes the lineage that of Mary, but it really is only saying that she gave birth to Him. See both Book Order and Genealogy of Jesus in Glossary.
  (v.18) The Jewish marriage began when the ketubah, the marriage contract was signed. Later the ceremony would be performed and the marriage consummated. In Jewish law they were married, not betrothed, at the signing of the ketubah. See Wedding in Glossary.
  (v.21) Jesus is the English spelling of Iesous, the Greek form of Yeshua, His Hebrew name, which means Deliverer or Savior. See Jesus in Glossary.