A line of kings of a mixed character—not one of them perfect, and some of them as bad as bad could be. Three are left out altogether; even sinners …

St. Jerome: In the fourth book of Kings we read that Ahaziah was the son of Joram. On his death, Jehosheba, sister of Ahaziah …

Matthew’s chief aims in including the genealogy are hinted at in the first verse—namely, to show that Jesus Messiah is truly in the kingly line of …

And Ezekias begot Manasses
Or Manasseh, (2 Kings 20:21) . Him Hezekiah begot of Hephzibah, ([Reference 2…

Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe the chief intention. It is not a needless genealogy. It is not a vainglorious one, as those of gr…

Having presented the genealogical lineage of the ancestors, which pa ed through the Patriarchs, here the Evangelist presents the lineage of the fat…