Matthew 1:25 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:25

But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

BSB

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ASV

and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.

KJV

And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 25.) And he took his wife, and did not know her until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus. From this passage, some very perverse people suspect and say that Mary had other children, arguing that the term firstborn is only used when someone has siblings. However, this is contrary to the custom in the divine scriptures, where the term firstborn is not applied to someone who has siblings, but to the one who is born first. Read the aforementioned book against Helvidius.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

(Cont. Helvid. c. 5.) Helvidius is at much superfluous trouble to make this word know refer to carnal knowledge rather than to acquaintance, as though any had ever denied that; or as if the follies to which he replies had ever occurred to any person of common understanding.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And knew her not,.... Or "but he knew her not", και answering to the Hebrew ו that is, had carnal knowledge of her, or copulation with her, though his wife. The words are an euphemism, or a modest way of expressing the conjugal act, and is a very ancient one, see Gen 4:1 and what has been used in nations and languages.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Knew her not - The doctrine of the virginity of Mary before the birth of Jesus is a doctrine of the Scriptures, and is very important to be believed. But the Bible does not affirm that she had no children afterward. Indeed, all the accounts in the New Testament lead us to suppose that she did have them. See the notes at Mat 13:55-56. The language here evidently implies that she lived as the wife of Joseph after the birth of Jesus.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐγίνωσκεν	eginōsken	he was knowing	G1097 →
αὐτὴν	autēn	her	G846 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
οὗ	hou	that	G3739 →
ἔτεκεν	eteken	she had brought forth	G5088 →
υἱόν	huion	a son	G5207 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκάλεσεν	ekalesen	(s)he called	G2564 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
Ἰησοῦν.¶	Iēsoun	Jesus.	G2424 →

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
Matthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
leads to
- Acts 13:23
  From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
- Acts 4:12
  Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 1:29
  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 1 John 3:5
  But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- Colossians 1:20–23
  and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
Through
Exodus 13:2
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”
leads to
- Luke 2:23
  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
- Numbers 3:13
  for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are…
Through
Luke 2:7
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
leads to
- Galatians 4:4
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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