Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, “Out of Egypt I have called my son.” A word or two about fulfilled prophecy in Matthew’s...

And calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet:  ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the...

All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means, “God is with us.” At various points throughout Matthew’s gospel, he will quote portions of what we...

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. The story goes that when Abraham Lincoln first met Harriet Beecher Stowe, the...

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. My first reaction is that Matthew should be ashamed of himself. He doesn’t even mention Bathsheba. Rather, he calls her only “the wife of Uriah.” It may be that Matthew is embarrassed by this story. Little wonder. It is the story...