Matthew 1:1-25

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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April 25, 2012


 *(From: MATTHEW #1 - 1:1-25)*


 *MATTHEW'S SUMMARY: THE LION OF JUDAH AND HIS KINGDOM*


 I. 1:1 THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS

*A genealogy of Jesus Christ, David's Son, Abraham's Son.*

BIBlos [976] geNEse-*o*s [1078] I*e*SOU ChrisTOU, huiOU DauID, huiOU
A-braAM.


 II. 1:2-6a ABRAHAM TO DAVID

*Abraham begat :Isaac, Isaac in turn begat :Jacob,*

AbraAM eGENn*e*-sen [1080] ton IsaAK, I-saAK de eGENn*e*-sen ton IaK*O*B,

*Jacob in turn begat :Judah and his :brethren,*

IaK*O*B de eGENn*e*-sen ton IOUdan kai tous a-delPHOUS auTOU,

3* Judah in turn begat :Phares and :Zara of :Thamar,*

IOUdas de eGENn*e*-sen ton PhaRES kai ton ZaRA ek t*e*s THAmar,

*Phares in turn begat :Hesrom, Hesrom in turn begat :Aram,*

PhaRES de eGENn*e*-sen ton HesR*O*M, HesR*O*M de eGENn*e*-sen ton A-RAM,

4* Aram in turn begat :Aminadab, Aminadab in turn begat :Naasson,*

A-RAM de eGENn*e*-sen ton A-mi-naDAB, A-mi-naDAB de eGENn*e*-sen ton Na-asS*
O*N,

*Naasson in turn begat :Salmon, *5* Salmon in turn begat :Boes of :Rachab, *

Na-asS*O*N de eGENn*e*-sen ton SalM*O*N, SalM*O*N de eGENn*e*-sen ton BoES
ek t*e*s 'RaCHAB,

*Boes in turn begat :Iobed of :Ruth, Iobed in turn begat :Jessai,*

BoES de eGENn*e*-sen ton I*o*B*E*D ek t*e*s 'Routh, I*o*B*E*D de eGENn*e*-sen
ton IesSAI,

6b* Jessai in turn begat :David the king.*

IesSAI de eGENn*e*-sen ton DauID ton ba-siLEa.


 III. 1:6b-11 FROM DAVID TO BABYLON REMOVAL

*David in turn begat :Solomon of the wife of :Uriah, *7* Solomon in turn
begat :Roboam,*

DauID de eGENn*e*-sen ton So-loM*O*na ek t*e*s tou OuRIou, So-loM*O*N de
eGENn*e*-sen ton 'Ro-boAM,

*Roboam in turn begat :Abija, Abija in turn begat :Asaph,*

'Ro-boAM de eGENn*e*-sen ton AbiA, A-biA de eGENn*e*-sen ton A-SAPH,

*8 Asaph in turn begat :Josaphat, Josaphat in turn begat :Joram,*

A-SAPH de eGENn*e*-sen ton I*o*-saPHAT, I*o*-saPHAT de eGENn*e*-sen ton I*o*
RAM,

*Joram in turn begat :Oziah, *9* Oziah in turn begat :Joatham,*

I*o*RAM de eGENn*e*-sen ton O-ZIon, O-ZIas de eGENn*e*-sen ton I*o*Atham,

*Joatham in turn begat :Achas, Achas in turn begat :Hezekiah,*

I*o*Atham de eGENn*e*-sen ton Achas, Achas de eGENn*e*-sen ton He-zeKIan,

10* Hezekiah in turn begat :Manasseh, Manasseh in turn begat :Amos,*

He-zeKIas de eGENn*e*-sen ton Ma-nasS*E*, Ma-nasS*E*S de eGENn*e*-sen ton
A-M*O*S,

*Amos in turn begat :Josiah,*

A-M*O*S de eGENn*e*-sen ton I*o*SIan,
 11* Josiah in turn begat :Jechoniah and his :brethren*

I*o*SIas de eGENn*e*-sen ton Ie-choNIan kai tous a-delPHOUS auTOU
 *at the time of the Babylon removal.*

ePI tes me-toi-keSIas Ba-buLOnos.


 IV. 1:12-16 FROM BABYLON REMOVAL TO CHRIST

*After the Babylon removal Jechoniah in turn begets :Salathiel,*

MeTA de t*e*n me-toi-keSIan Ba-buL*O*nas Ie-choNIas genNA [1080] ton
Sala-thi*E*L,

*Salathiel in turn begets :Zorobabel, *13* Zorobabel in turn begets :Abioud,
*

Sa-la-thi*E*L de genNA ton Zo-roBAbel, Zo-roBAbel de genNA ton A-biOUD,

*Abioud in turn begat :Eliakeim, Eliakeim in turn begat :Azor,*

A-biOUD de eGENn*e*-sen [1080] ton E-li-aKEIM, E-li-aKEIM de eGENn*e*-sen
ton A-Z*O*R,

14* Azor in turn begat :Sadoc, Sadoc in turn begat :Acheim,*

A-Z*O*R de eGENn*e*-sen ton SaD*O*K, SaD*O*K de eGENn*e*-sen ton A-CHEIM,

*Acheim in turn begat :Elioud, *15* Elioud in turn begat :Eleazar,*

A-CHEIM de eGENn*e*-sen ton E-liOUD, E-liOUD de eGENn*e*-sen ton E-leAzar,

*Eleazar in turn begat :Maththan, Maththan in turn begat :Jacob,*

E-leAzar de eGENn*e*-sen ton MathTHAN, MathTHAN de eGENn*e*-sen ton IaK*O*B,

16* Jacob in turn begat :Joseph the husband of Mary,*

IaK*O*B de eGENn*e*-sen ton I*o*S*E*PH ton ANdra [435] MaRIas,

*of whom was begotten Jesus :called Christ.*

ex h*e*s e-genN*E*th*e* I*e*SOUS [2424] ho leGOme-nos ChrisTOS [5547].


 V. 1:17 SUMMARY OF GENEALOGIES - 42 GENERATIONS

*All the generations therefore from Abraham till David are fourteen
generations,*

PAsai oun hai ge-neAI [1074] aPO AbraAM HE*o*s DauID geneAI DEka TESsa-res,

*and from David till the Babylon removal fourteen generations,*

kai aPO DauID HE*o*s t*e*s me-toi-keSIas Ba-buL*O*nos ge-neAI DEka
TESsa-res,

*and from the Babylon removal till the Christ fourteen generations.*

kai aPO t*e*s me-toi-keSIas Ba-buL*O*nos HE*o*s tou ChrisTOU ge-neAI DEka
TESsa-res.


 VI. 1:18-25 BIRTH OF JESUS

a. 1:18 MARY ENGAGED TO JOSEPH

*Now the birth of :Jesus Christ was thus:*

Tou de I*e*SOU ChrisTOU h*e* GEne-sis HOUt*o*s *e*n:

*His :mother Mary, betrothed to :Joseph, before they came together,*

Mn*e*-steuTHEIs*e*s [3423] t*e*s m*e*TROS auTOU MaRIas, t*o* I*o*S*E*PH,
prin h*e* su-nelTHEIN [4905] auTOUS,

*was found with child of the Holy Spirit.*

heuREth*e* [2147] en gasTRI [1064] Echou-sa ek PNEUma-tos [4151] HaGIou [40]
.


 b. 1:19 JOSEPH SOUGHT AN HONORABLE SOLUTION

*And Joseph her :husband being righteous, and not willing to make an
example of her,*

I*o*S*E*PH de ho aN*E*R auT*E*S DIkai-os [1342] *o*n, kai m*e* THEl*o*n auT*
E*N deig-maTIsai [1209],

*was minded to put her away privately.*

e-bouL*E*th*e* [1014] LAthra [2977] a-poLUsai [630] auT*E*N.


 c. 1:20 BIRTH OF JESUS FORETOLD

*But as he thought on these things, lo,*

TAUta de auTOU en-thu-m*e*THENtos [1760], iDOU,

*the Lord's angel appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph,*

AGge-los [32] KuRIou kat' Onar [3677] ePHAn*e* [5316] auT*O*, LEg*o*n, I*o*S
*E*PH,

*David's Son, do not fear to take to you Mary your :wife:*

huiOS DauID, m*e* pho-b*e*TH*E*S [5399] pa-ra-laBEIN [3880] Ma-riAN t*e*n
guNAI-KA [1135] sou:

*for what is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.*

to gar en auT*E* gen-n*e*THEN [1080] ek PNEUmaTOS es-tin HaGIou.


 d. 1:21 JESUS IS PRE-NAMED

*And she shall bear a son, and you shall call his :name :JESUS;*

TExe-tai [5088] de huiON [5207], kai kaLEseis [2564] to Ono-ma [3686] auTOU
I*e*SOUN;

*for HE shall save his :people from their :sins.*

auTOS gar S*O*sei [4982] ton laON [2992] auTOU aPO t*o*n ha-mar-ti*O*N [266]auT
*O*N.


 e. 1:22-23 SCRIPTURE FULFILLED

*Now all this is come to pass that it might be fulfilled*

TOUto de HOlon GEgo-nen HIna pl*e*-r*o*TH*E* [4137]

*which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet saying,*

to 'r*e*THEN [4483] aPO tou KuRIou diA tou proPH*E*tou [4396] LEgon-tos,

23 *Lo, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son,*

I-DOU, h*e* parTHEnos [3933] en gaSTRI HExei, kai TExe-tai [5088] huiON,

*And they shall call his :name Emmanuel;*

kai kaLEsou-sin to Ono-ma [3686] auTOU Em-ma-nou*E*L [1694];

*which being interpreted is, :God with us.*

HO es-tin me-ther-m*e*-neuOme-non [3177], Meth' h*e*M*O*N ho TheOS.


 f. 1:24-25 JESUS BORN

*And :Joseph arose from his :sleep*

e-gerTHEIS [1326] de ho I*o*SEPH aPO tou HUPnou [5258]

*and did as the Lord's angel commanded him, and took to him his :wife,*

ePOI*e*-sen h*o*s proSEta-xen [4367] auT*O* ho AGge-los KuRIou, kai
paREla-ben t*e*n guNAIka auTOU,

25* and knew her not till she had borne a son; and he called his :name
JESUS.*

kai ouk eGIn*o*-sken auT*E*N HE*o*s hou Ete-ken huiON; kai eKAle-sen to
Ono-ma auTOU I*e*SOUN.


 *NOTE**: *Matthew 1 is different from any other of the 260 chapters in the
NT. According to the sentence, paragraph and section structure revealed by
Bible Numerics and discovered and utilized by Ivan Panin, this chapter has *six
sections* of chapter equivalents! What might God be trying to tell us here?


 Many folk are not too interested in Bible Genealogies. Think of 1
Chronicles and its first 10 chapters! How many who read the Bible through
in a Year - skip these? Yet - God has something to say by His Spirit
concerning our DNA. First of all - we are *all* one family in Adam - fallen
through him to be sure - but Redeemed by Jesus Christ through His blood of
the Cross! And each one of us who have heard His call - and responded - now
find ourselves in the “One New Man”! Here there is neither Jew nor Gentile,
male nor female, rich or poor - but *all* brethren in this New Jerusalem,
Christ's Heavenly Bride! Matthew 1 shows Christ's Genealogy through Joseph,
His legal - but not natural father. Luke shows His genealogy through Mary -
through Solomon's brother Nathan.


 So Jesus is Son of Abraham, Son of David, Son of God! He is God's only
begotten Son, our Elder Brother, and the only Savior of the world!


 I am interested in genealogies to a point - but I *do* find these 42
generations in Matthew as leading to Christ - to be fascinating - and to
bear thoughtful meditation.


 There is another thought that impressed me here. Before Jesus was born -
God gave His Name to Joseph. Jesus is the eighth Bible personage named
prior to Birth!


 An angel of the Lord named Abraham's first son through the Egyptian Hagar
- and called him “Ishmael: God hears” (Genesis 16:10)! God heard Hagar's
prayer, and answered. But Ishmael was not God's design for Abraham's
inheritance, but a son through his wife Sarah! God told Abraham that the
son through Sarah was to be called “Isaac - laughter” (Genesis 1:19) - and
the covenant would be established through him, not Ishmael. God's choice
prior to Christ was the Jewish nation of Israel, promised 4000 years ago.
And *we* as Gentiles have been grafted into the root of Israel, and enjoy
and share with them the 8-fold blessings of Romans 9:4-5.


 Solomon, 1 Chronicles 22:9; Josiah, 325 years before birth, 2 Kings 13:2,
2 Kings 22:1; Maher-shalal-hashbaz, Isaiah 8:1-3; Cyrus, 175 years before
birth (Isaiah 44:18-45); John the Baptist, Luke 1:13; 60-63 - these are the
others named before birth. It is fitting that Jesus is the 8th of this
special group. He arose from the dead on the *eighth* day! His
letter/number equivalent in the Greek is 888! Old things are completed with
7 - but new beginnings start with 8! Look at these. Consider them. Ask God
about them. Seek *His* thinking of significance concerning them. But major
on the last of these 8. It is *Jesus* that takes *pre-eminence* over all
that precedes. And this chapter, Matthew 1, introduces us to God's Son, and
God's thinking surrounding His Son. J.A.Watt


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