Jechonias and his brethren — Here again there is a missing link in the name of Eliakim, or Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah ([Referenc…

Poor captives, and those who are bound with the fetters of sin, may see some like themselves in this famous ancestry. They are prisoners of hope, n…

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 Josias begat Jechonias This Jechonias is the same with Jehoiakim, the son of Josias, called so by Pharaohnecho, when …

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…