Matthew 1:18

"So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations."

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes a divine pattern of history, highlighting that each segment of Jesus' genealogy contains exactly fourteen generations. This numerical symmetry underscores the precision and purposefulness in God's plan for the coming of the Messiah, connecting key figures from Abraham to David with those leading up to the Babylonian exile and ultimately to Christ.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 18. On this wise. Thus. In this manner. Espoused. Betrothed, or engaged to be married. There was commonly an interval of ten or twelve months, among the Jews, between the contract of marriage and the celebration of the nuptials, see Ge 24:55; Jud 14:8, yet such was the nature of this engagement, that unfaithfulness to each other was deemed adultery. See De 22:25,28. With child of the Holy Ghost. See Barnes "Lu 1:35". {u} "birth of Jesus" Lu 1:27 {*} "espoused to Joseph" "Fifth year before the account called A.D." __________________________________________________________________

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