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References
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (Matthew 1:16 KJV)
and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (Matthew 1:16 ASV)
and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (Matthew 1:16 DBY)
and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ. (Matthew 1:16 YLT)
Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (Matthew 1:16 WEB)
Interlinear
Mt 1:16 And /de/ Jacob /Iakob/ begat /gennao/ Joseph /Ioseph/ the husband /aner/ of Mary, /Maria/ of /ek/ whom /hos/ was born /gennao/ Jesus, /Iesous/ who /ho/ is called /lego/ Christ. /Christos/
British Family Bible
— Joseph the husband of Mary, The betrothed husband of Mary: see Mt 1:18. The titles of husband and wife are given in Scripture to persons who are only betrothed. Thus Rachel is called the wife of Jacob, Ge 29:21. See also De 22:24. Beausobre. Thus is appears that St. Matthew traces the genealogy through Joseph, the supposed father of Jesus, and the husband of Mary. The reason is, that he was writing for the Jews, and tracing his legal descent from David; which legal descent was always reckoned in the male line, and was therefore properly traced through the husband of his mother. See note at Lu 3:23. Publick registers of the tribe of Judah, and of the other tribes that adhered to it, were reserved even during the captivity and subsequent to it, as may be collected from the books of Ezra and Nehemiah: also from St. Luke’s informing his readers that Anna was “of the tribe of Aser,” and St. Paul’s, that he himself was “of the tribe of Benjamin.” From one of these, no doubt, St. Matthew copied the latter part of his genealogy, as St. Luke did from another the beginning of his, each having then the civil records of the Jews to vouch for them. Dr. Lightfoot.
John Wesley’s Notes on the Old and New Testaments
V. 16. The husband of Mary-Jesus was generally believed to be the son of Joseph. It was needful for all who believed this, to know, that Joseph was sprung from David. Otherwise they would not allow Jesus to be the Christ.
Jesus, who is called Christ-The name Jesus respects chiefly the promise of blessing made to Abraham: the name Christ, the promise of the Messiah’s kingdom, which was made to David.
It may be farther observed, that the word Christ in Greek, and Messiah in Hebrew, signify anointed, and imply the prophetic, priestly, and royal characters, which were to meet in the Messiah. Among the Jews, anointing was the ceremony whereby prophets, priests, and kings were initiated into those offices. And if we look into ourselves, we shall find a want of Christ in all these respects. We are by nature at a distance from God, alienated from him, and incapable of a free access to him. Hence we want a mediator, an intercessor, in a word, a Christ, in his priestly office. This regards our state with respect to God. And with respect to ourselves, we find a total darkness, blindness, ignorance of God, and the things of God. Now here we want Christ in his prophetic office, to enlighten our minds, and teach us the whole will of God. We find also within us a strange misrule of appetites and passions. For these we want Christ in his royal character, to reign in our hearts, and subdue all things to himself.
Jamieson Fausset Brown’s Commentary
Verse 16. And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus–From this it is clear that the genealogy here given is not that of Mary, but of Joseph; nor has this ever been questioned. And yet it is here studiously proclaimed that Joseph was not the natural, but only the legal father of our Lord. His birth of a virgin was known only to a few; but the acknowledged descent of his legal father from David secured that the descent of Jesus Himself from David should never be questioned. See on JFB for Mt 1:20.
who is called Christ–signifying “anointed.” It is applied in the Old Testament to the kings (1Sa 24:6,10); to the priests (Le 4:5,16, &c.); and to the prophets (1Ki 19:16) –these all being anointed will oil, the symbol of the needful spiritual gifts to consecrate them to their respective offices; and it was applied, in its most sublime and comprehensive sense, to the promised Deliverer, inasmuch as He was to be consecrated to an office embracing all three by the immeasurable anointing of the Holy Ghost (Isa 61:1; compare Joh 3:34).