\subsection{Matthew 1}

\subsubsection{The Genealogy of Iesous the Anointed [One]}

\VS{1} The scroll\footnote{BIBLOS: The word comes from byblos, which denoted the papyrus plant that grew in marshes or river banks, primarily along the Nile. Writing material was made from the papyrus plant by cutting the pith of the plant in one foot strips and setting it in the sun to dry. The strips were then laid in horizontal rows with rows of vertical strips glued to the horizontal rows in a criss-cross fashion similar to the way plywood is constructed today. The horizontal rows were smoother and became the writing surface. Sections of these strips were glued together to form a scroll up to thirty feet in length. 
\newline\indent
Books as we know them weren't invented until sometime 
in the 2$^{nd}$ through 4$^{th}$ centuries. Thus, in the 1$^{st}$ century 
they would still have been using scrolls.
} 
of [the] lineage of Iesous the Anointed\fnChristos{} [One], son 
of David son of Abraham: 

\VS{2} Abraham begat\footnote{\GENNAO} Isaac, \\
and Isaac begat Jacob, \\
and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers, \\
\VS{3} and Judah begat Perez \\
and Zarah by Tamar\footnote{Gen.38:12\EnDash{}19}, \\
and Perez begat Hezron, \\
and Hezron begat Aram, \\
\VS{4} and Aram begat Aminadab, \\
and Aminadab begat Nahshon, \\
and Nahshon begat Salmon, \\
\VS{5} and Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab\footnote{Josh.2:1}, \\
and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth\footnote{Ruth 3:1\EnDash{}14}, \\
and Obed begat Jesse, \\
\VS{6} and Jesse begat King David. 

And David begat Solomon by the [wife] of Uriah\footnote{2 Sam.11:2\EnDash{}5}. \\
\VS{7} And Solomon begat Rehoboam, \\
and Rehoboam begat Abijah, \\
and Abijah begat Asaph, \\
\VS{8} and Asaph begat Jehoshaphat, \\
and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, \\
and Joram begat Uzziah, \\
\VS{9} and Ussiah begat Jotham, \\
and Jotham begat Ahaz, \\
and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, \\
\VS{10} and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, \\
and Manasseh begat Amos, \\
and Amos begat Josiah, \\
\VS{11} and Josiah begat \footnote{ insert ``Joachim; and Joachim begat'' few [it won't be fourteen generations if this reading is included. See vs. 17]; as the text reads: \sinaiticus{}BW 
\vulgate{} \koine{}\hesychian{} all} Jechoniah and his brothers in the time of the Babylonian exile. 

\VS{12} After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah 
begat Salathiel, \\
and Salathiel begat Zerubbabel, \\
\VS{13} and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, \\
and Abiud begat Eliakim, \\
and Eliakim begat Azor, \\
\VS{14} and Azor begat Zadok, \\
and Zadok begat Achim, \\
and Achim begat Eliud, \\
\VS{15} and Eliud begat Eliezer, \\
and Eliezer begat Matthan, \\
and Matthan begat Jacob, \\
\VS{16} and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, \\
by whom\footnote{``whom'' is feminine, thus referring to Mary}
was born Iesous the [one] being called the Anointed\fnChristos{} [One].

\VS{17} Therefore all the generations from Abraham until David [are] fourteen 
generations, and from David until the Babylonian exile [are] fourteen 
generations, and from the Babylonian exile until the Anointed\fnChristos{} [One] [are] fourteen 
generations.

\subsubsection{The Birth of Iesous the Anointed [One]}
\VS{18} Now the birth of Iesous the Anointed\fnChristos{} [One] was thus: 
Mary his mother having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together%
\footnote{The connotation of the Greek is `before they came together in marital and domestic union'.  
}
she was found having [life] in the belly by the Holy Spirit. 
\VS{19} And Joseph her husband-to-be, being just, and 
not wishing to put her to open shame%
\footnote{In those days, being pregnant out of wedlock
could get you stoned to death (see Deut.22:22). 
In the Jewish context, ``full betrothal was so binding that its breaking required a certificate of divorce, 
and the death of one party made the other a widow or widower''. See \BrNET{}, 2, fn. 8 
}, purposed to dismiss her secretly. 
\VS{20} So having pondered these [things], behold [an] angel of the Lord in a dream 
appeared to him saying: Joseph son of David, you should not fear to take to 
yourself Mary your wife. For what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit. 
\VS{21} And she will bring forth [a] son, and you will call his name 
Iesous, for he himself will save his people from their sins. 
\VS{22} This all came about so that the [things] said by the Lord 
through the prophet be fulfilled when he says\footnote{Isa.7:13--15}:

\begin{verse}
\VS{23} Behold a virgin\fnParthenos{}
will have [life] in the belly \\
And will bring forth [a] son, \\
And they shall call his name ``Emmanuel''
\footnote{Curiously, there is no record of anyone actually calling Iesous `Emmanuel'.}
\end{verse}
 
which is, being translated: ``God [is] with us.''
\VS{24} And Joseph having arisen from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord 
ordered, and took to himself his wife. 
\VS{25} And he did not know her until she brought forth 
[a]\footnote{``a son'' \sinaiticus{}B; ``her first born son'': D\koine \hesychian{} all} son, and she called his name Iesous.
