Matthew 1:18

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The birth of Iesus Christe was on this wise. When as his mother Marie was betrouthed to Ioseph (before they came together) she was founde with chylde of the holy ghost.

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  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele.
  • Matt 1:1 : 1 This is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.
  • Luke 1:25 : 25 Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me, in the dayes wherein he loked on me, to take fro me my rebuke among men.
  • Luke 1:27-38 : 27 To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie. 28 And the Angel went in vnto her, and sayde: Hayle thou that art freelie beloued, the Lorde is with thee, blessed art thou among women. 29 And when she sawe hym, she was troubled at his saying, and caste in her mynde what maner of salutation that shoulde be. 30 And the Angel saide vnto her: Feare not Marie, for thou hast founde grace with God. 31 For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus. 32 He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid: 33 And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kyngdome there shalbe none ende. 34 Then said Marie vnto ye Angel: How shall this be, seing I knowe not a man? 35 And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God. 36 And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren. 37 For with God, shall nothyng be vnpossible. 38 And Marie saide: Beholde the handmayden of the Lorde, be it vnto me accordyng to thy worde. And the Angel departed from her.
  • Gal 4:4-5 : 4 But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come, God sent his sonne, made of a woman, and made vnder the lawe, 5 To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe, that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For such an hye priest became vs, whiche is holy, harmelesse, vndefyled, seperate from sinners, and made hygher then heauens:
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous?

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  • Luke 1:24-32
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    84%

    24And after those dayes, his wyfe Elizabeth conceaued, and hyd her selfe fiue monethes, saying:

    25Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me, in the dayes wherein he loked on me, to take fro me my rebuke among men.

    26And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth,

    27To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.

    28And the Angel went in vnto her, and sayde: Hayle thou that art freelie beloued, the Lorde is with thee, blessed art thou among women.

    29And when she sawe hym, she was troubled at his saying, and caste in her mynde what maner of salutation that shoulde be.

    30And the Angel saide vnto her: Feare not Marie, for thou hast founde grace with God.

    31For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus.

    32He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid:

  • Matt 1:19-25
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    19Then Ioseph her husbande, beyng a ryghteous man, and not wyllyng to make her a publique example, was mynded priuily to put her away.

    20But whyle he thought these thinges, beholde, the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame, saying: Ioseph, thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take vnto thee Marie thy wife, for that which is conceaued in her, is of the holy ghost.

    21She shall bryng foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shall saue his people from their sinnes.

    22(All this was done, that it myght be fulfilled, which was spoken of the lorde by the prophete, saying:

    23Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.)

    24Then Ioseph, being raysed fro slepe, dyd as the Angel of the Lorde had bidden hym, and he toke his wyfe:

    25And knewe her not, tyll she hadde brought foorth her first borne sonne, & called his name Iesus.

  • Matt 1:15-17
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    15Eliud begat Eleazar, Eleazar begat Matthan, Matthan begat Iacob.

    16Iacob begat Ioseph, the husband of Marie, of who was borne Iesus, that is called Christe.

    17And so, all the generations from Abraham to Dauid, are fourteene generations: and from Dauid vntyll the carying away into Babylo, are fourteene generations: and fro the carying away into Babylon vnto Christe, are fourteene generations.

  • Luke 2:4-7
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    4And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee, out of the citie Nazareth, into Iurie, vnto the citie of Dauid, whiche is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and image of Dauid,

    5To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde.

    6And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered.

    7And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes, & layde hym in a manger, because there was no rowme for them in the Inne.

  • Luke 1:34-39
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    34Then said Marie vnto ye Angel: How shall this be, seing I knowe not a man?

    35And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God.

    36And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren.

    37For with God, shall nothyng be vnpossible.

    38And Marie saide: Beholde the handmayden of the Lorde, be it vnto me accordyng to thy worde. And the Angel departed from her.

    39And Marie arose in those dayes, & went into the hyll countrey with haste, into a citie of Iuda,

  • Luke 1:41
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    41And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost.

  • Matt 1:1
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    1This is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.

  • Matt 2:1
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    1When Iesus was borne in Bethlehem, a citie of Iurie, in the dayes of Herode the kyng: beholde, there came wise men from the east to Hierusalem,

  • Luke 1:56-57
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    56And Marie abode with her about three monethes, and returned agayne to her owne house.

    57Elizabethes tyme came, that she shoulde be deliuered, and she brought foorth a sonne.

  • Luke 2:16-17
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    16And they came with haste, and founde Marie and Ioseph, and the babe layde in a manger.

    17And when they had seene it, they publisshed abrode the saying whiche was tolde them, of that childe.

  • Luke 2:33
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    33And Ioseph and his mother marueyled at those thinges which were spoken of hym.

  • Luke 1:14-15
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    14And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth.

    15For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

  • Mark 1:9
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    9And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came fro Nazareth, of Galilee, & was baptized of Iohn in Iordane.

  • Luke 2:27
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    27And he came by inspiration into the temple: And when the father & mother brought in the chylde Iesus, to do for hym after the custome of the lawe,

  • Mark 1:1
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    1The begynnyng of the Gospel of Iesu Christ, the sonne of God.

  • Matt 2:14
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    14When he arose, he toke the young chylde and his mother, by nyght, and departed into Egipt.

  • Luke 2:12
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    12And take this for a signe: Ye shal finde the childe wrapped in swadling clothes, and layde in a manger.

  • Gal 4:4
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    4But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come, God sent his sonne, made of a woman, and made vnder the lawe,

  • Luke 2:21
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    21And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe.

  • Luke 1:5
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    5There was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie, a certaine priest, named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, & his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron, & her name was Elizabeth.

  • Luke 3:23
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    23And Iesus him selfe began to be about thirtie yeres of age, beyng (as he was supposed) the sonne of Ioseph: whiche was the sonne of Heli,

  • Luke 1:18
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    18And Zacharias saide vnto the Angel: By what token shall I know this? For I am olde, and my wyfe well stricken in yeres.

  • Luke 1:44
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    44For loe, assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy.