Matthew 1:16 (BSB)

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

From Matthew 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Matthew 1:16

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 1:16: 16. Jesus, who is called Christ By the surname Christ, Anointed, Matthew points out his office, to inform the readers that this was not a private person, but one divinely anointed to perform the office of Redeemer. What that anointing was, and to what it referred, I shall not now illustrate at great length.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 1:1-17: Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe, I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ, of his ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseò„s - a book of Genesis.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Matthew 1:16: And Jacob begat Joseph,.... According to an old tradition mentioned by (p) Epiphanins, this Jacob, the father of Joseph, was named Panther, and which name perhaps is originally Jewish; and it may be observed, that Joseph is sometimes called by the Jewish writers Pandera (q), and Jesus , the son of Pandira (r).
  • Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 1:16: Verse 16. No specific Barnes text on this verse.