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Matthew 1:15 KJV
Matthew · chapter 1 · verse 15
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;Matthew 1:15 · King James Version
Matthew 1:15 in context
13And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EleazareleazarEleazar = " help of God" , one of the ancestors of ChristG1648 →
- MatthanmatthanMatthan = " gift" , one of Christ's ancestorsG3157 →
- EliudelioudEliud = " God his Praise" , the son of Achim in the genealogy of ChristG1664 →
- begatgennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
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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 ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseōs - a book of Genesis.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17