1 *[Luke 3:23-38] The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, *2 Sam. 7:12-16;Ps. 132:11;Isa. 11:1;Jer. 23:5;Luke 1:32,69;John 7:42;Acts 2:30;13:23;Rom. 1:3;2 Tim. 2:8;Rev. 22:16the son of David, *Gen. 22:18;Gal. 3:16the son of Abraham.

2 *Gen. 21:3Abraham was the father of Isaac, and *Gen. 25:26Isaac the father of Jacob, and *Gen. 29:35Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and *[Ruth 4:18-22;1 Chr. 2:1-15]Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,*1:3 Greek Aram; also verse 44 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by *Josh. 6:25Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and *1 Sam. 16:1;17:12Jesse the father of David the king.

And *2 Sam. 12:24David was the father of Solomon by *2 Sam. 12:10the wife of Uriah, 7 and *For ver. 7-10, see 1 Chr. 3:10-14Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,*1:7 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 88 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, *[2 Kgs. 15:1;1 Chr. 3:11,12]and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,*1:10 Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and *1 Chr. 3:15,16Josiah the father of *Esth. 2:6;Jer. 24:1;27:20Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: *1 Chr. 3:17-19Jechoniah was the father of *Luke 3:27Shealtiel,*1:12 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse and *Ezra 3:2Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of *Luke 3:23Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to *ch. 2:4;11:2;16:16;22:42;23:10;Mark 8:29;Luke 3:15;[John 1:41;4:25]the Christ fourteen generations.

18 Now the birth of *ver. 1;Mark 1:1;John 1:17;17:3;[ver. 16] Jesus Christ*1:18 Some manuscripts of the Christ took place in this way. *Luke 1:27When his mother Mary had been betrothed*1:18 That is, legally pledged to be married to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child *Luke 1:35from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling *[Deut. 24:1]to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, *ch. 2:13,19;[ch. 2:12,22]an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and *ver. 25;Luke 1:31;2:21you shall call his name Jesus, *Luke 2:11;Acts 4:12;5:31;13:23,38;[Acts 3:26]for he will save his people from their sins." 22 *ch. 21:4;26:56;John 19:36All this took place *ch. 2:15,23;4:14;Mark 14:49to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

23 *Cited from Isa. 7:14"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name *Isa. 8:8,10Immanuel"

(which means, God *See ch. 28:20with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And *ver. 21he called his name Jesus.