Matthew 1:16 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:16

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Ver. 16) But Jacob begot Joseph. Here Julianus Augustus has presented to us the disagreement of the Evangelists, why the evangelist Matthew called Joseph the son of Jacob, and Luke called him the son of Heli; not understanding the custom of the Scriptures, that one is according to nature, the other according to the Law his father. For we know this by the command of God given through Moses, that if a brother or relative without children dies, another should take his wife to raise up offspring for his brother or relative (Deut. II).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Jesus, who is called Christ - The name Jesus respects chiefly the promise of blessing made to Abraham: the name Christ, the promise of the Messiah's kingdom, which was made to David. It may be further observed, that the word Christ in Greek, and Messiah in Hebrews, signify anointed, and imply the prophetic, priestly, and royal characters, which were to meet in the Messiah.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Jesus, who is called Christ - As the word Χριστος Christ, signifies the anointed or anointer, from χριω, to anoint, it answers exactly to the Hebrew משיח mashiach, which we pronounce Messiah or Messias; this word comes from the root משח mashac, signifying the same thing. As the same person is intended by both the Hebrew and Greek appellation, it should be regularly translated The Messiah, or The Christ; whichever is preferred, the demonstrative article should never be omitted. Priests, prophets, and kings, among the Jews, were anointed in order to the legitimate exercise of their respective offices.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἰακὼβ	Iakōb	Jacob	G2384 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωσὴφ	Iōsēph	Joseph	G2501 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἄνδρα	andra	husband	G435 →
Μαρίας	Marias	of Mary	G3137 →
ἐξ	ex	out of	G1537 →
ἧς	hēs	whom	G3739 →
ἐγεννήθη	egennēthē	was born	G1080 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ὁ	ho	who	G3588 →
λεγόμενος	legomenos	is being named	G3004 →
Χριστός.¶	Christos	Christ.	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 4:25
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
leads to
- John 1:49
  “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
- Daniel 9:24–26
  Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up…
- John 4:29
  “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
Through
Luke 3:23
Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
leads to
- Matthew 13:55
  “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
- Luke 4:22
  All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
- John 6:42
  They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
- Numbers 4:3
  men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Acts 1:1
  In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

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