Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matt 1:1 [Textus Receptus]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαβίδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ
Matt 1:1 [Papyrus 1 (Ƿ1) (von Soden ε 01) (c. 250 AD)]
Βιβλος γενεσεως IY ΧY YY Δαυὶδ [...] Aβρααμ
Matt 1:1 [Codex Vaticanus 1209 (B or 03) (von Soden δ 1) (c. 325 AD)]
Βίβλος γενεσεως IY ΧY υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Aβρααμ
Matt 1:1 [Codex Sinaiticus (א or 01) (von Soden δ 2) (c. 330 AD)]
Βιβλος γενεσεως IY ΧY ὑϊου ΔAΔ ὑϊου Ἀβρααμ
Matt 1:1 [Codex Basilensis (Ee or 07) (von Soden ε 55) (8th century)]
Βιβλος γενεσεως ΙΥ ΧΥ ΥΥ ΔΑΔ ΥΥ Αβρααμ·
Matt 1:1 [Codex Washingtonianus (W or 032) (von Soden ε 014) (c. 400 AD)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως IY ΧY υἱοῦ Δ[...]δ ὑϊου Aβρααμʼ
Matt 1:1 [Codex Sangallensis 48 (Δ or 037) (von Soden ε 76) (9th century)] 21 col.1
Βιβλος. γενεσεως. IY . ΧY. υυ. ΔΑΔ. υιου. Αβρααμ.
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 44 (von Soden ε 239) Add MS 4949 (12th century)] f.14r
Βιβλος γενεσεως ιυ χυ· υιου δαδ· υιου αβρααμ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 57 (von Soden δ 255) MS. Gr. 9 (12th century)] f3r
Βιβλος γενεσεως ιυ χυ· υιου δαδ· υιȣ αβρααμ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 72 (von Soden ε 110) Harley MS 5647 (11th century)] f.4r
Βιβλος γενεσεως ιυ χυ υιου δαδ υιου αβρααμ.
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 83 (von Soden ε 1218) Gr. 518 (11th century)] 31
Βιβλος γενεσεως ιυ χυ· υιου δαδ· υιου αβρααμ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 201 (von Soden δ 403) Add MS 11837 (11th century)] f10r
Βιβλος γενεσεως ιυ χυ· υιου δαδ· υιου αβρααμ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 439 (von Soden ε 240) (1159)]
Bἱβλος γενέσεως ιυ χυ · υἱοῦ δαδ υἱοῦ ἀβρᾱαμ ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 449 (von Soden ε 330) (13th century)]
Bἱβλος γενέσεως ιυ χυ υἱοῦ δαδ υἱοῦ ἀβρᾱαμ.
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 476 (von Soden ε 1126) Arundel MS 524 (11th century)]
Bἱβλος γενέσεως ιυ χυ · υἱοῦ δαδ · υἱοῦ ἀβρᾱαμ ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 478 (von Soden α 1126) Add MS 11300 (10th century)] f.8r
Βιβλος γενεσεως ιυ χυ υυ δαδ. υυ αβρααμ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 479 (von Soden δ 2491) Codex Wordsworth (13th century)] 00030001r
Bἱβλος γενέσεως ιυ χυ · υἱοῦ δαδ · υἱοῦ ἀβρᾱαμ ·
Matt 1:1 [Minuscule 556 (von Soden A213) (Cod. Bodmer 25) (12th century)] 1r
Bἱβλος γενέσεως ιυ χυ · υἱοῦ δαδ · υἱοῦ ἀβρᾱαμ ·
Matt 1:1 [Erasmus (1516)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως IHΣΟΥ ΧPIΣΤΟΥ, υἱοῦ, Δαβίδ, υἱοῦ ἁβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Stephanus (1550)]
BIβλος γενέσεως ἸHΣΟῨ Χριστου, υἱοῦ Δαβίδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Theodore Beza (1588)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστου, υἱοῦ Δαβίδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Mill (1707)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως IHΣΟΥ Χριστου, υἱοῦ Δαβίδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Bengel (1734)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ δαυίδ, υἱοῦ ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Wettstein (1751)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ Δαβίδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Matthaei (1803)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριϛοῦ, υἱοῦ δαυίδ, υἱοῦ ἂβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Griesbach (1809)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησȣ Χριϛȣ υἱοῦ Δαβίδ υἱȣ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Scholz (1830)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυίδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Lachmann (1831)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Tittman (1840)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Theile (1852)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ
Matt 1:1 [Bloomfield (1855)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστου, υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Tregelles (1857)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Alford (1863)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Tischendorf (1869)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Wordsworth (1872)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Westcott & Hort (1881)]
ΒIBΛΟΣ γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβρααμ.
Matt 1:1 [Nestle (1904)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβρααμ.
Matt 1:1 [Greek Orthodox (1904)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ Δαυῒδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Weiss (1905)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ, Δαυεὶδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβρααμ.
Matt 1:1 [von Soden (1913)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Byzantine Textform (Robinson & Pierpont) (2005)]
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Matt 1:1 [Peshitta]
ܟ݁ܬ݂ܳܒ݂ܳܐ ܕ݁ܺܝܠܺܝܕ݂ܽܘܬ݂ܶܗ ܕ݁ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ ܒ݁ܪܶܗ ܕ݁ܕ݂ܰܘܺܝܕ݂ ܒ݁ܪܶܗ ܕ݁ܰܐܒ݂ܪܳܗܳܡ܂
Matt 1:1 [Old Syriac Curetonian (Codex Curetonianus Syriacus syrc)]
ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬ̈ܘܠܕܬܗ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ܂ ܒܪܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܒܪܗ ܕܐܒܪܗܡ܂
Matt 1:1 [Old Syriac Sinaitic (Codex Sinaiticus Syriacus syrs)]
ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܘ̈ܠܕܬܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܪܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܒܪܗ ܕܐܒܪܗܡ
Matt 1:1 [Philoxenian (syrph)/Harclean/Harklean]
ܟܬܒܐ ܕܗܘܝܐ ܕܝܣܘܥ ܡܣܝܚܐ ܕܒܪܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܕܒܪܗ ܕܐܒܪܐܐܡ.
Matt 1:1 [Old Latin Codex Vercellensis (Codex a or 3) (4th century)]
Liber generatio … Christi filii Da. … lii Abr. …
Mat 1:1 [Old Latin Munich MS Lat. 6224 (q) (6th/7th century)]
Liber generationis Ihu Xpi fili Did · fili Abraham ·
Matt 1:1 [Vulgate]
Liber generationis Iesu Christi filii David filii Abraham
Matt 1:1 [Jean du Tillet (Heb.MSS.132)]
אלה תולדות ישו בן דוד בן אברהם
* IY ΧY = Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ (Nomina Sacra)
* ΔAΔ = Δαυεὶδ
Critical Apparatus :
(1) Δαβίδ : Majority Text (Zane C. Hodges & Arthur L. Farstad)
(2) Δαυεὶδ : B (Codex Vaticanus), Sahidic (ΔΑΥΕΙΔ)
(3) ΔAΔ : א (in Codex Sinaiticus = Δαυεὶδ see Matthew 1:6), E, Δ, 72, 439, 449, 476, 478, 479
(4) Δαυίδ : P1, Byzantine (Maurice A. Robinson & William G. Pierpont), Bohairic (ΔAYIΔ)
- Tischendorf Mt 1:1
Early Church Fathers
(1) Origen (Commentary of St. John’s Gospel, vol. 1, A.E. Brooke, p 6, 20)
Βίβλος, φησὶ, γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ Δαβίδ, υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
(2) Eusebius of Caesarea (Demonstratio Evangelica, p337, 14, Eusebius Werke, Ivar A. Heikel)
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαβίδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ
A Textual Commentary On Matthew 1:1
(a) Bίβλος γενέσεως (Hebrew סֵפֶר תֹּולְדֹת) was a Biblical phrase used to describe a narrative containing a list of descendants. See Gen 2:4 (LXX) αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς ὅτε ἐγένετο ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν and Gen 5:1 (LXX) αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν αδαμ κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν.
(b) Yἱοῦ Δαυὶδ is the title of the Messiah, the Saviour. See Matt 15:22, Matt 20:20, Matt 21:15, Mark 10:47, Luke 18:38.
(c) Δαυίδ (Dâuid), Δαβίδ (Dâbid), and Δαυειδ (Daueid) are three different Greek transliterations of the Hebrew דּוד (dāwīdh), or דּויד (dāwīdh), “beloved.” Δαυειδ and Δαυιδ are the Septuagintal form. Josephus has Δαυιδης or Δαβίδης. On the spelling of this name see J. H. Moulton’s Grammar of New Testament GreekII, S 45. Δαυίδ is chosen as it is a transliteration of Hebrew דּויד.
(d) Yἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ - The word υἱοῦ was used by the Hebrews and the Hellenists to signify not only son, but grandson, great-grandson, even to the whole race, which may be expressed by the English word descendant. Matthew carries back the genealogy to Abraham, the founder of the Jewish race. The descent of the Messiah from Abraham is emphasized in Testament of Levi 8. This is what Jesus meant when he told the Samaritan woman that salvation is from the Jews.
And they said to me: Levi, thy seed shall be divided into three offices, for a sign of the glory of the Lord who is to come. And the first portion shall be great; yea, greater than it shall none be. The second shall be in the priesthood. And the third shall be called by a new name, because a king shall arise in Judah, and shall establish a new priesthood, after the fashion of the Gentiles [to all the Gentiles]. And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High, of the seed of Abraham our father (The Apocrypha And Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English Volume 2, R.H. Charles, page 309).