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\subsection{Matthew 1}
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\subsubsection{The Genealogy of Jesus Christ}
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\VS{1} The scroll\footnote{BIBLOS ($\beta\iota\beta\lambda\omicron\varsigma$) 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.
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\newline\indent
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Books as we know them weren't invented until sometime
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in the 2$^{nd}$ through 4$^{th}$ centuries. Thus, in the 1$^{st}$ century
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they would still have been using scrolls.
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}
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of [the] lineage of Jesus Christ, son
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of David son of Abraham:
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\VS{2} Abraham begat\footnote{\GENNAO} Isaac, \\
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and Isaac begat Jacob, \\
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and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers, \\
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\VS{3} and Judah begat Perez \\
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and Zarah by Tamar\footnote{Gen.38:12\EnDash{}19}, \\
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and Perez begat Hezron, \\
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and Hezron begat Aram, \\
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\VS{4} and Aram begat Aminadab, \\
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and Aminadab begat Nahshon, \\
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and Nahshon begat Salmon, \\
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\VS{5} and Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab\footnote{Josh.2:1}, \\
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and Boaz begat Obed by Ruth\footnote{Ruth 3:1\EnDash{}14}, \\
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and Obed begat Jesse, \\
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\VS{6} and Jesse begat King David.
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And David begat Solomon by the [wife] of Uriah\footnote{2 Sam.11:2\EnDash{}5}. \\
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\VS{7} And Solomon begat Rehoboam, \\
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and Rehoboam begat Abijah, \\
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and Abijah begat Asaph, \\
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\VS{8} and Asaph begat Jehoshaphat, \\
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and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, \\
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and Joram begat Uzziah, \\
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\VS{9} and Ussiah begat Jotham, \\
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and Jotham begat Ahaz, \\
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and Ahaz begat Hezekiah, \\
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\VS{10} and Hezekiah begat Manasseh, \\
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and Manasseh begat Amos, \\
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and Amos begat Josiah, \\
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\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
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\vulgate{} \koine{}\hesychian{} all} Jechoniah and his brothers in the time of the Babylonian exile.
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\VS{12} After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah
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begat Salathiel, \\
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and Salathiel begat Zerubbabel, \\
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\VS{13} and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, \\
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and Abiud begat Eliakim, \\
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and Eliakim begat Azor, \\
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\VS{14} and Azor begat Zadok, \\
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and Zadok begat Achim, \\
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and Achim begat Eliud, \\
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\VS{15} and Eliud begat Eliezer, \\
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and Eliezer begat Matthan, \\
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and Matthan begat Jacob, \\
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\VS{16} and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, \\
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by whom\footnote{``whom'' is feminine, thus referring to Mary}
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was born Jesus the [one] being called Christ.
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\VS{17} Therefore all the generations from Abraham until David [are] fourteen
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generations, and from David until the Babylonian exile [are] fourteen
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generations, and from the Babylonian exile until the Christ [are] fourteen
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generations.
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\subsubsection{The Birth of Jesus Christ}
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\VS{18} Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: Mary his mother having been
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betrothed to Joseph, before they came together
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\footnote{The connotation of the Greek is `before they came together in marital and domestic union'. See \BrBDAG{} 970 (s.v.
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$\sigma\upsilon\nu\epsilon\rho\chi\omicron\mu\alpha\iota$) }
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she was found having [life] in the belly by the Holy Spirit.
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\VS{19} And Joseph her husband-to-be, being just, and
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not wishing to put her to open shame\footnote{In those days, being pregnant out of wedlock
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could get you stoned to death (see Deut.22:22). In the Jewish context, ``full
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betrothal was so binding that its breaking required a certificate of divorce, and the death of one party made the other
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a widow or widower''. See \BrNET{}, 2, fn. 8
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}
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, purposed to dismiss her secretly.
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\VS{20} So having pondered these [things], behold [an] angel of the Lord in a dream
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appeared to him saying: Joseph son of David, you should not fear to take to
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yourself Mary your wife. For what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.
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\VS{21} And she will bring forth [a] son, and you will call his name
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Jesus, for he himself will save his people from their sins.
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\VS{22} This whole [thing] came about so that the [things] said by the Lord through the prophet be fulfilled when he says\footnote{Isa.7:13\EnDash{}15}:
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\begin{verse}
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\VS{23} Behold a virgin
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\footnote{Opinions vary on the word \textit{PARTHENOS} ($\pi{}\alpha{}\rho{}\theta{}\epsilon{}\nu{}\omicron{}\varsigma{}$), here translated ``virgin''. \BrBDAG{}, a lexicon for specifically N.T Greek, says this word means 'virgin'. \BrLS{}, however, a lexicon for Ancient Greek literature in general, says ``maiden'', ``young girl'', and cites instances of PARTHENOS (in Sophocles, for example) where it refers to unmarried non-virgin women. However, if the sense is merely `young girl', then this `fulfilled prophecy' becomes meaningless as young women have been conceiving since time immemorial. Also, the context says that Mary conceived `by the Holy Spirit', before she and Joseph `came together'. Thus the Gospel's author clearly must have had `virgin' in mind.}
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will have [life] in the belly \\
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And will bring forth [a] son, \\
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And they shall call his name ``Emmanuel''
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\footnote{Curiously, there is no record of anyone actually calling Jesus `Emmanuel'.}
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\end{verse}
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which is, being translated: ``God [is] with us.''
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\VS{24} And Joseph having arisen from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord
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ordered, and took to himself his wife.
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\VS{25} And he did not know her until she brought forth
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[a]\footnote{``a son'' \sinaiticus{}B; ``her first born son'': D\koine \hesychian{} all} son, and she called his name Jesus.
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