Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
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Barnes' Notes
The book of the generation - This is the proper title of the chapter. It is the same as to say, “the account of the ancestry or family, or the genealogical table of Jesus Christ.” The phrase is common…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Mat 1:1-17. The Lineage of the King. The Genealogy. Luk 3:23-38
1. The book of the generation i. e. the pedigree extracted from the public archives which were carefully preserved and placed under the…
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