# Matthew 01 📖: The Genealogy and Birth of Jesus
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
## The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah
Title: Jesus is the Rightful King of Israel
Principle: Jesus is provable.
[[#Verse 01]] This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of [[M0012- King David|David]] and of Abraham:
[[#Verse 02]] Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
[[#Verse 03]] Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.
[[#Verse 04]] Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
[[#Verse 05]] Salmon was the father of [[M0009- Boaz]] (whose mother was Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth). [[-Ruth Overview]]
Obed was the father of Jesse.
[[#Verse 06]] Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
[[#Verse 07]] Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.
[[#Verse 08]] Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.
Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
[[#Verse 09]] Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
[[#Verse 10]] Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.
Amon was the father of Josiah.
[[#Verse 11]] Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
[[#Verse 12]] After the Babylonian exile:
Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
[[#Verse 13]] Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
[[#Verse 14]] Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Akim.
Akim was the father of Eliud.
[[#Verse 15]] Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
[[#Verse 16]] Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
[[#Verse 17]] All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
## The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
Title: The Arrival of the King is Announced
Principle: God did not Hide His Plan
[[#Verse 18]] This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[[#Verse 19]] Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
[[#Verse 20]] As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
[[#Verse 21]] And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
[[#Verse 22]] All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
[[#Verse 23]] “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel,
which means ‘God is with us.’”
[[#Verse 24]] When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.
[[#Verse 25]] But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.
# 📖 ==Verse-by-Verse Commentary==
###### Overall.
Abraham — **Multitude’s father**
Isaac — **He laughs**
Jacob — **Heel-grabber**
Judah — **Praise**
Perez — **Breakthrough**
Zerah — **Dawning**
Tamar — **Palm tree**
Hezron — **Enclosure**
Ram — **Exalted**
Amminadab — **Noble people**
Nahshon — **Enchanter**
Salmon — **Garment**
Rahab — **Spacious**
Boaz — **In strength**
Obed — **Servant**
Ruth — **Companion**
Jesse — **Existence**
David — **Beloved**
Solomon — **Peaceful**
Uriah — **Yahweh’s light**
Rehoboam — **People enlarged**
Abijah — **Yahweh father**
Asa — **Healer**
Jehoshaphat — **Yahweh judges**
Joram — **Yahweh exalted**
Uzziah — **Yahweh’s strength**
Jotham — **Yahweh perfect**
Ahaz — **He possesses**
Hezekiah — **Yahweh strengthens**
Manasseh — **Causing forgetfulness**
Amon — **Master craftsman**
Josiah — **Yahweh supports**
Jeconiah — **Yahweh establishes**
Shealtiel — **Asked of God**
Zerubbabel — **Born in Babylon**
Abiud — **Father’s majesty**
Eliakim — **God establishes**
Azor — **Helper**
Zadok — **Righteous**
Achim — **Established**
Eliud — **God majestic**
Eleazar — **God has helped**
Matthan — **Gift**
Jacob — **Heel-grabber**
Joseph — **He adds**
Mary — **Beloved**
Jesus — **Yahweh saves**
Christ — **Anointed One**
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##### Verse 05
##### Verse 06
##### Verse 07
##### Verse 08
##### Verse 09
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##### Verse 11
##### Verse 12
##### Verse 13
##### Verse 14
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##### Verse 17
- Scholars say this is not intended to be ALL that was there. This is a way to remember the genealogy.
##### Verse 18
##### Verse 19
##### Verse 20
- Angel: Gabriel.
##### Verse 21
##### Verse 22
##### Verse 23
##### Verse 24
##### Verse 25
## 🤔 Interesting Facts
1. Matthew arranges the genealogy into three groups of fourteen generations (1:17): Abraham to David, David to the exile, and the exile to the Messiah.
2. The Hebrew consonants in David's name (D-W-D) add up to fourteen, which many scholars think explains Matthew's use of that number.
3. Matthew skips some generations. For example, three kings (Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah) come between Joram and Uzziah (1:8). This was an accepted practice in ancient genealogies.
4. Four women besides Mary appear in the list: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and "the wife of Uriah." Several had Gentile connections, a hint that the Messiah came for the nations.
5. The name Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew *Yeshua* (Joshua), meaning "the Lord saves" (1:21).
6. Jewish betrothal was a binding commitment, so ending it required a divorce (1:19), even before the couple lived together.
7. Matthew quotes Isaiah 7:14 in a form that matches the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), which uses *parthenos*, the usual Greek word for "virgin."
8. Phrases like "to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet" are a signature of Matthew. He uses these fulfillment quotations about a dozen times.
9. Matthew traces Jesus' legal line through Joseph, while Luke 3:23-38 gives a different list that many believe follows Mary's line or Joseph's natural ancestry.
10. The opening words, "a record of the ancestors" (Greek *biblos geneseos*), echo Genesis 2:4 and 5:1 in the Greek Old Testament, presenting Jesus as a new beginning.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the promised son of David and son of Abraham (1:1), and He is Immanuel, God with us (1:23). His name means "the Lord saves," because He saves His people from their sins (1:21; Acts 4:12).
## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Matthew includes Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and "the wife of Uriah" in Jesus' family line (1:3-6). What does that tell us about the kind of people God uses?
2. Joseph planned to divorce Mary quietly, then obeyed as soon as the angel spoke (1:19-24). What does his example teach about righteousness and obedience?
3. Jesus is called Immanuel, "God with us" (1:23). How does that truth change the way you face today?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 1: Jesus is introduced as the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham.
- 📖 verse 21: The child is to be named Jesus because He will save His people from their sins.
- 📖 verse 23: The virgin will bear a son who will be called Immanuel, which means God with us.
## 🔗 Related Passages
- 🔗 [[Genesis 12#Verse 03.|Genesis 12:3]] - All the families of the earth blessed through Abraham.
- 🔗 [[2 Samuel 07#Verse 12.|2 Samuel 7:12-16]] - God promises David an eternal throne.
- 🔗 [[Genesis 38|Genesis 38]] and [[Joshua 02|Joshua 2]] - Tamar and Rahab in the line of the Messiah.
- 🔗 [[Ruth 04#Verse 13.|Ruth 4:13-22]] - Ruth, Boaz, and the line of David.
- 🔗 [[2 Samuel 11|2 Samuel 11-12]] - David's sin with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah.
- 🔗 [[Luke 01#Verse 26.|Luke 1:26-38]] - Gabriel announces the virgin birth to Mary.
- 🔗 [[Acts 04#Verse 12.|Acts 4:12]] - There is salvation in no other name.
- 🔗 [[Isaiah 07#Verse 14.|Isaiah 7:14]] - The virgin will conceive and bear a son, Immanuel.
- 🔗 [[John 01#Verse 14.|John 1:14]] - The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Matthew 01 - SOAP|Jesus Reigns]]
## 📂 Internal Notes