Matthew 1:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας, ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη Ἰησοῦς, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός.

Transliteration

Iakōb de egennēsen the Iōsēph the andra of Marias, from whom egennēthē Iēsous, the [one] legomenos Christos.

Grammar Details

• *Iakōb*: nominative, masculine, proper name - Jacob
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *egennēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - begot/fathered
• *Iōsēph*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Joseph
• *andra*: accusative, masculine, singular - husband/man
• *Marias*: genitive, feminine, proper name - of Mary
• *ex*: preposition governing genitive - from/out of
• *hēs*: genitive, feminine, singular, relative pronoun - whom
• *egennēthē*: aorist, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - was born
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, proper name - Jesus
• *legomenos*: present participle, passive, nominative, masculine, singular - being called
• *Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Anointed One

Word Meanings

• *egennēsen*: begot/fathered/became the ancestor of
• *de*: and/but/now/then
• *egennēthē*: was born/was begotten
• *legomenos*: being called/named/designated
• *Christos*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:17 : 17 So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?
• Luke 3:23 : 23 And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
• John 4:25 : 25 The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.
• Matt 27:22 : 22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.
• Luke 1:27 : 27 To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.
• Luke 1:31-35 : 31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father: 33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. 34 And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man? 35 And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.
• Luke 2:4-5 : 4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David, 5 To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about to become a mother.
• Luke 2:7 : 7 And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
• Luke 2:10-11 : 10 And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people: 11 For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.
• Luke 2:48 : 48 And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.
• Mark 6:3 : 3 Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.
• Matt 1:18-25 : 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit. 19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately. 20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins. 22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true, 23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us. 24 And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him, and took her as his wife; 25 And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.
• Matt 2:13 : 13 And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.
• Luke 4:22 : 22 And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?