Verse 5: No specific Barnes text on this verse.

See Barnes on Matthew 1:3.

Rahab — The Old Testament records are silent regarding the marriage of Salmon with the harlot of Jericho. When those records were …

We note that two women are mentioned in this fifth verse, a Canaanite and a Moabite . Thus, Gentile blood mingled with the Hebrew lineage. Our King…

Glossa Ordinaria: Passing over the other sons of Jacob, the Evangelist follows the family of Judah, saying, But Judah bega…

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 Salmon begat Booz of Rachab

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 title, His genealogical lineage is traced here. It is divided into three parts, according to the three series of fourteen by w…