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Quotes & Notes on:
Matthew
1:25
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John Wesley's Notes:
He knew her not, till after she had brought forth-It cannot be inferred
from hence, that he knew her afterward: no more than it can be inferred
from that expression, 2Sa 6:23, "Michal had no child till the day of her
death," that she had children afterward. Nor do the words that follow,
the first-born son, alter the case. For there are abundance of places,
wherein the term first born is used, though there were no subsequent
children. Lu 2:7.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* she. Ex 13:2; 22:29; Lu 2:7; Ro 8:29
* and he. Lu 2:21
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Adam Clarke's Commentary:
He called his name JESUS.] This name was given by the command of God,
see Mt 1:16, and was imposed on Christ when eight days old; for then,
according to the Jewish law, he was circumcised: thus he had the name of
Saviour given when he first began to shed that blood without which there
could be no remission of sins.
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Family Bible Notes:
(No comment on this verse)
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
The word "till", in the Hebrew language, gives us to understand that a thing will not come to pass in time to come: as Michal had no children "till" her death day, 2Sa 6:23. And in the last chapter of this evangelist: Behold, I am with you "till" the end of the world.
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People's New Testament Commentary:
Knew her not. A Hebrew form for conjugal intercourse. The
language of the verse does not imply the perpetual virginity of Mary.
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
And knew her not (kai ouk eginôsken autên). Note the
imperfect tense, continuous or linear action. Joseph lived in continence
with Mary till the birth of Jesus. Matthew does not say that Mary bore
no other children than Jesus. "Her firstborn" is not genuine here, but
is a part of the text in Lu 2:7. The perpetual virginity of Mary is not
taught here. Jesus had brothers and sisters and the natural meaning is
that they were younger children of Joseph and Mary and not children of
Joseph by a previous marriage. So Joseph "called his name Jesus" as the
angel had directed and the child was born in wedlock. Joseph showed that
he was an upright man in a most difficult situation.
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
Her firstborn son. Her eldest son, or he that by the law had the
privilege of birthright. This does not of necessity imply that she had
other children; though it seems probable. It was the name given to the
son which was first born, whether there were others or not.
His name JESUS. This was given by Divine appointment, Mt 1:21. It was
conferred on him on the eighth day, at the time of his circumcision, Lu
2:21.
{a} "firstborn" Ex 13:2
{b} "JESUS" Lu 2:21
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
The word "till" does not necessarily imply that they lived on a
different footing afterwards (as will be evident from the use of the
same word in 1Sa 15:35; 2Sa 6:23; Mt 12:20); nor does the word
"first-born" decide the much-disputed question, whether Mary had any
children to Joseph after the birth of Christ; for, as LIGHTFOOT says,
"The law, in speaking of the first-born, regarded not whether any were
born after or no, but only that none were born before." (See on JFB for
Mt 13:55).
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Spurgeon Commentary:
(No comment on this verse)
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William Burkitt's Notes:
It is piously believed, though not positively in scripture asserted,that
the Virgin had no other child but our Savior: it is a very probable
opinion, though not an infallible article of faith, as the Church of
Rome would make it: for the word until signifies in scripture as much as
never.
So Ge 28:15. I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have
promised; that is, I will never leave thee.
So the words following, Her first-born son, do not imply that she had
any child after, but that she had none before. That child which first
opened the womb, is usually in scripture called the first-born, though
there was no other born after.
Thus Jos 18:1-28 Machir is called the first-born of Manasseh, though he
had no more children. So that Christ, not only as God, but as also he
was man, was the first-born and only son. St. Austin expounds and
applies Eze 44:2 to the virgin Mary; This gate shall be shut, it shall
not be opened, and no man shall enter by it; because the Lord God of
Israel hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut. And others of
the ancients say, that as Christ lay in a tomb, in which none lay before
or after himself. But he said, Quid post partum secutum erat curiose
none est quarendum. What the Virgin was afterwards, is of small concern
to the mystery, therefore not to be inquired after. And yet it is now
passed by some into a matter of faith, that the Virgin Mary was ever a
virgin, and it has been styled a heresy to hold the contrary; but how is
it consistent with good divinity, to make that an article of divine
faith, which is founded on no divine revelation. Or to make that
necessary to be believed, which confessedly is not contained in the Holy
scripture, let the Church of Rome answer.
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary:
(No comment on this verse)
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The Fourfold Gospel:
And he called his name JESUS. Two Old Testament heroes bore the
name Jesus under the form of Joshua. One was captain of Israel for the
conquest of Canaan (Jos 1:1,12), the other was high priest of Israel for
rebuilding the Temple (Zec 6:11,12). Christ was both the Captain of our
salvation and the High Priest of our profession.
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