The Four Gospels |
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Author:
| Mortimer, Favell Lee |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-38588-6 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $32.75 |
Book Description:
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 44 THE ANGEL'S VISIT TO JOSEPH. jan. 14 Matt. I.?The Angel's visit to Joseph. Matthew wrote his gospel before any of the other evangelists. He wrote it for the Jews especially; and therefore he very often refers to the Old Testament, (held in such reverence by the Jews, ) and shows that Jesus fulfilled...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 44 THE ANGEL'S VISIT TO JOSEPH. jan. 14 Matt. I.?The Angel's visit to Joseph. Matthew wrote his gospel before any of the other evangelists. He wrote it for the Jews especially; and therefore he very often refers to the Old Testament, (held in such reverence by the Jews, ) and shows that Jesus fulfilled what the prophets had said. Luke and Mark, who wrote for the Gentiles especially, often explain Jewish customs, but Matthew always alludes to them, as customs well understood. Matthew himself had been a publican, or tax-gatherer, before he was called to be one of the apostles of the Lord. His other name was Le vi. Luke speaks of him by that name. Luke v. 27. St. Matthew begins his history with an account of the forefathers of our Saviour: to show that Jesus was descended from Abraham, and from David, as God had promised the Messiah should be. This ac count is called a genealogy. It is Joseph's descent, and not Mary's, which is here recorded. St. Luke in his third chapter gives us another genealogy. That genealogy is a little different from this; it must therefore be the genealogy of Mary. It is true the name of Joseph is mentioned there also; but the names of women were never inserted in public registers. There is one seeming contradiction between the two genealogies St. Matthew says that Jacob was the father of Joseph. St. Luke says that Heli was the father of Joseph. We must conclude that Heli was the father-m-/aw of Joseph, and the father of Mary. How easily the difference is explained to a candid mind And yet it has been taken up by unbelievers and brought forward as an objection against the Christian religion. How much at a loss must those be for an objection, who lay hold of such a one as this We will now proceed to the interesting history itself: ? Jos...