- 1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- 2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
- 3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
- 4And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
- 5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
- 6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
- 7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
- 8And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
- 9And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
- 10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
- 11And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
- 12And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
- 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.
- 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
- 20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
- 21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
- 22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- 23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- 24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- 25And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
KING JAMES VERSION
MATTHEW 1
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Matthew 1 — The royal line from Abraham and David reaches Jesus, and Joseph obeys the angel’s word concerning Emmanuel.
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The scene joins the genealogy, Joseph’s dream, and Jesus’ birth in one visual progression. Receding travelers evoke the generations without assigning portraits to every named ancestor, and God is not depicted bodily.
Scripture basis: Matthew 1:1–25King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Mid-fourth century AD
Codex Sinaiticus
This mid-fourth-century parchment Bible preserves the earliest complete New Testament, much of the Greek Old Testament, Barnabas and Hermas, while its multiple scribes and centuries of corrections expose canon and textual transmission as material history.
Matthew 1:1–25 · Mark 16:1–8 · Revelation 22:1–21
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fourth century AD
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a fourth-century three-column Greek Bible whose early Septuagint and New Testament text anchors modern critical comparison, despite missing opening and ending leaves, overwritten ink, and an unknown early provenance.
Genesis 46:28–34 · Matthew 1:1–25 · Hebrews 9:1–14
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Principally second–seventh centuries AD
Oxyrhynchus New Testament Papyri
The rubbish mounds of Oxyrhynchus yielded many fragmentary New Testament codices within an immense archive of ordinary writing, giving text critics excavated witnesses to several biblical books while requiring every fragment to be dated and evaluated on its own.
Matthew 1:1–25 · John 1:23–49 · Romans 1:1–32
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Fifth-century undertext
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus preserves a fifth-century Greek Bible beneath a twelfth-century collection of Ephrem's works, making its erased, fragmentary undertext both a major New Testament witness and a case study in manuscript reuse.
Matthew 1:1–2 · John 1:1–18 · 1 Corinthians 15:1–8
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Third century AD
Papyrus P1 of Matthew
Papyrus P1, excavated at Oxyrhynchus in 1897, preserves two numbered pages from a third-century codex of Matthew 1, material evidence that the Gospel circulated in codex form in Roman Egypt.
Matthew 1:1–9 · Matthew 1:12 · Matthew 1:14–20
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Sixth century AD
Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus
Codex Purpureus Petropolitanus is a dispersed sixth-century Greek four-Gospel manuscript whose purple leaves, silver text, gold divine names, and recoverable readings survive across nine institutions, turning reconstruction into an international codicological task.
Matthew 1:18–25 · John 1:1–14
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- Codex Bobiensis (VL 1): Mark's Shorter Ending in Old Latin
- Sinaitic Syriac Palimpsest: Old Syriac Gospels
- Curetonian Gospels (Add MS 14451): Old Syriac Transmission
- Codex Regius (GA 019)
- Codex Nanianus (GA 030)
- Codex Macedoniensis (GA 034)
- The Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin MS 58)
- The Lindisfarne Gospels (Cotton MS Nero D IV)
- Uncial 071 (P.Oxy. III 401): Matthew’s Infancy Narrative
- St. Gall Gospel Book (Codex Sangallensis 51)
- Stockholm Codex Aureus: Golden Latin Gospels
- Codex Corbeiensis Primus (VL 9): Old Latin Matthew from Corbie
- Gospels of Sainte-Croix of Poitiers (VL 39)
Prophecy Events
PROPHECY EVENTFulfilled
Genesis 49:8–12The Scepter Comes Through Judah
Jacob’s blessing locates enduring royal authority in the tribe of Judah.
KingdomJudahscepterkingMessiah
PROPHECY EVENTFulfilled
Isaiah 7:10–16The Virgin Conception Sign
Isaiah gives the house of David a sign: a virgin will conceive and bear Immanuel. Matthew explicitly applies the passage to Jesus’ conception and birth; the Great Isaiah Scroll establishes the prophecy’s pre-Christian text, while conception itself is beyond archaeological verification.
Prophetic signJesus ChristVirgin BirthImmanuelIsaiah
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