THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
St. Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, who from being a publican, that is, a taxgatherer, was called by our Saviour to the Apostleship: in that profession his name was Levi. (Luke 5. 27, and Mark 2. 14.) He was the first of the Evangelists that wrote the Gospel, and that in Hebrew or Syro-Chaldaic which the Jews in Palestine spoke at that time. The original is not now extant; but as it was translated in the time of the Apostles into Greek, that version was of equal authority. He wrote about six years after our Lord’s Ascension.
CHAPTER 1
The genealogy of Christ: he is conceived and born of a virgin. HE book of the generation of Jesus THE Christ, the son of a David, the son of Abraham : 2 Abraham begot Isaac. © And Isaac begot Jacob. d And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. 3 e And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram . And 4 And Aram begot Aminadab. Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. 5 And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. h And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse. 6 i And Jesse begot David the king. i And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias. 7 k And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. m And Abia begot 1 Asa. 8 And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias. 9 n And Ozias begot Joatham . • And Joatham begot Achaz . ℗ And Achaz begot Ezechias. 109 And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. 8 And Amon begot Josias. 11 t And Josias begot Jechonias and his
brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. 12 And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel. 13 And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor. 14 And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud. 15 And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan begot Jacob. 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations . And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations : and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations . 18 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. u When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. 19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. 20 But while he thought on these things , behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying : Joseph, son
a Luks 3.31.-b Gen. 21. 3. - c Gen. 25. 25. -d Gen. 29. 35.-e Gen. 38. 29 ; 1 Par. 2. 4. -f Ruth 4. 18 ; 1 Par. 2, 5.- g Num. 7. 12.-h Ruth 4, 22.- i 1 Kings 16. 1.- 2 Kings 12.24.-k 3 Kings 11. 43.- 3 Kings
14. 31. m 3 Kings 15. 8.-n 2 Par. 26. 23. 2 Par. 27. 9. p. 2 Par. 28. 27.q 2 Par. 32. 33.- 2 Par. 33. 25.- 8 Par. 33. 25.- t 2 Par. 36. 2.- u Luke 1. 27.
CHAP, 1. Ver. 16. The husband of Mary. The Evangelist gives us rather the pedigree of St. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Hebrews, who in their genealo-
gies took no notice of women ; but as they were near of akin, the pedigree of the one sheweth that of the other.
