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7/31/2019 Exegesis Mt 1
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Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Exegesis in The Genesis of Jesus Christ: Matthew 1:1-2:23
One of the thing that strikes me, when I read from the Matthews
Gospel Ch. 1, isfrom this verse:
KJVMatthew 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her
firstborn son: and he called hisname JESUS.
BYZ Matthew 1:25 kai. ouvk evgi,nwsken auvth.n e[wj ou- e;teken
to.n ui`o.nauvth/j to.n prwto,tokon\ kai. evka,lesen to. o;noma
auvtou/ VIhsou/n
gi,nwsken verb indicative imperfect active 3rd person singular
fromginw,skw
[GING] ginw,skw
ginw,skw1. know, come to knowMt 13:11;Lk 12:47f;J 8:32;14:7;Ac
1:7;19:35;1 Cor3:20;13:9, 12;2 Cor 5:16;1 J 4:2,6; it struck meMt
25:24. Imperative ginw,skete you may bequite sure Mt 24:33,43;J
15:18.2. learn (of), ascertain, find outMt 9:30;Mk
6:38;15:45;Lk24:18; J 4:1;Ac 17:20;21:34.3. understand,
comprehendMk 4:13; J 8:43; 10:6;Ac 8:30;21:37;1Cor 2:8,11,14; have
the law at one's fingertipsRo 7:1.4.perceive, notice, realizeMk
5:29;7:24;Lk 8:46;J 6:15;Ac 23:6.5. acknowledge, recognizeMt 7:23;J
1:10;choose 1 Cor 8:3;Gal 4:9.6. euphemistically, of sex relations
knowMt 1:25;Lk 1:34. [pg 39]
e[wj adverb frome[wj
[GING] e[wj
e[wj1. temporal conjunction till, untilMt 2:9;Mk 6:10;Lk 21:32;J
21:22f;Ac 2:35;1 Cor 4:5;2Th 2:7;Hb 10:13.As long as, while Mk
6:45; Lk 17:8;J 9:4.2. functions as prep. w. gen.: of time
until, up to Mt 11:13;27:64;Mk 14:25;Lk 23:44;Ac 1:22; 1 Cor
1:8.e[wj ou- untilMt 13:33;Ac21:26; 25:21. e[wj po,te how longMt
9:19;J 10:24; Rv 6:10. Of place as far as, toLk 2:15;Ac1:8; 2 Cor
12:2. e[wj e`pta,kij as many as seven times Mt 18:21f. e[wj e;sw
right into Mk14:54. ouvk e;stin e[wj e`no,j there is not even one
Ro 3:12. [pg 83].
prwto,tokon adjective accusative masculine singular superlative
fromprwto,tokoj
[GING] prwto,tokojprwto,tokoj, on firstborn1. lit. Mt 1:25v.l.;
Lk 2:7;Hb 11:28.2. fig. of Christ Ro 8:29;Col1:15,18;Hb 1:6;Rv 1:5;
2:8 v.l.Of people Hb 12:23.* [pg 174]1
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After reading this verse, according to the translation, we may
think that the Mother of God hadintimate relation with St. Joseph
and after Lord Jesus we may think that other children were
borntoo!But before we jump into any conclusions, lets ponder about
two things first:
1. The meaning of Until e[wjFirst we see that in English the
world until or till means 1.happening up to a particular point
intime and then stopping;2ornot() until used for stating the point
at which something finallyhappens, becomes possible, or becomes
true. But the Bible was not written in English first.In the ancient
languages of the Bible the word until, it does not necessarily
indicate change.For example, if we see in the Scriptures on Deut
34:6, 2 Samuel 6:23, Ps 72:7; 89:2,110:1,122:2Mt 22:42-46; 11:23;
28:20, Rom 8:22, 1 Tim 4:13, 1 Cor. 15:25 we may see that the word
until
e[wj and words with a similar meaning to it many times means
eternity. Like inNAS1 Corinthians15:25 For He must reign until He
has put all His enemies under His feet. So the Lord will stop
reignafter he put his enemies under His feet? Or what about JV
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them toobserve all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always,even unto the
end of the world. Amen. Does it mean that after the end of the
world the Lord will abandon us?
NAS
Psalm 72:7 In His days may the righteous flourish, And abundance
of peace till the moon is nomore. So after the moon is no longer
The Lords righteousness and abundance will disappearedtoo?KJV Psalm
123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants lookunto the hand of their
masters, andas theeyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;
so our eyeswaitupon the LORD our God, untilthat he have mercy upon
us. Does it mean that after the Lord be gracious and show mercy to
uswe take away our eyes from the Lord?NASMark 12:36 "David himself
said in the Holy Spirit, 'TheLord said to my LORD, "Sit at My right
hand, Until I put Thine enemies beneath Thy feet.'" Does itmean
that the Lord after he put His enemies under His Feet that He will
no more sit at the right ofGod? At JV 2 Samuel 6:23 Therefore
Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of herdeath.
Does it mean that Michal have children after she died? At
KJVGenesis 8:7 And he sentforth a raven, which went forth to and
fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.Did the crow
return back to the Ark of Noah after the waters dried up?3
As the Blessed Jerome was angry with Helvidius who with many
others argue that the Holy Maryand the Betrothed Joseph after the
birth of Jesus Our Lord had sexual relations as a ordinarycouple,
so she had from him children that they called them the brothers and
sisters of our Lord in
the Gospels. ." But the word "until" does not signify that Mary
remained a virgin only until
a certain time.4
St. John Chrysostom continues: "In such a manner having become a
mother, and having beencounted worthy of a new sort of travail and
a childbearing so strange, could that righteous man everhave
endured to know her and kept her in the place of a wife?" [John
Chrysostom, Homily 5 onMatthew] Saint Basil believed in Mary's
perpetual virginity and claimed that "until" could be
usedindefinitely. "Lovers of Christ cannot hear that the Theotokos
ever ceased to be a virgin." [PG, 31,1468A]5
2 Macmillan English Dictionary, for advanced learners3
http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith/9174The ever Virginity of
the mother of God by Fr. John
Hainsworth4
http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/evervirgin.aspx*From St. John
(Maxomovitch), The Orthodox
Veneration of Mary, The Birthgiver of God(Platina, CA: St.
Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1994), pp. 31-
33.5
http://www.monachos.net/forum/showthread.php?1692-The-ever-virginity-of-Mary,
"The Life of the
Virgin Mary, The Theotokos," (Holy Apostles Convent, 1989), pp.
148-149
http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith/9174http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith/9174
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2. The meaning of Firstborn
The Greek word prwto,tokoj, on firstborn is not exactly the same
with the English word.The English word usually but not always,
suggests that there more children coming after, but withthe Greek
word that is not the case .For example, in NASHebrews 1:6 And when
He again bringsthe first-born into the world, He says, "And let all
the angels of God worship Him."YZ
Hebrews 1:6{Otan de. pa,lin eivsaga,gh| to.n prwto,tokon eivj
th.noivkoume,nhn le,gei( Kai. proskunhsa,twsan auvtw/| pa,ntej
a;ggeloiqeou/Here we talk about the Word so in that case cannot be
another subsequent son! More examples wemay see in KJVRomans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinateto beconformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many
brethren.;inNASRevelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful
witness, the first-born of the dead, and theruler of the kings of
the earth. To Him who loves us, and released us from our sins by
His blood,InKJV Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn of every creature:V
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who
is the beginning, the firstbornfrom the dead; that in all things he
might have the preeminence.;in KJVHebrews 11:28 Throughfaith he
kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that
destroyed the firstborn shouldtouch them. And in JV Hebrews 12:23
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which
are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,Therefore, here the
wordprwto,tokoj, on firstborn has the meaning of a legal heir and
doesnot express the order of birth, indicating that our Lord is the
first in everything.6
The truth of the matter, is that this is the way that our Church
stands regarding the Ever-Virginity ofthe Theotokos and even many
times I am personally, especially encountering with
differentChristian denominations may I feel a kind of doubt-faith
situation. But I guess after ,all is a matter ofa personal
relationship and life with God that make more mature more open and
more rensponsiblefor ourselves and others as well, both for the
Greeks and the Jews!
6 http://www.goarch.org/ourfaith/ourfaith/9174The ever Virginity
of the mother of God by Fr. John
Hainsworth
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