12-16 - Matthew 1 1-17, John 1 1-5

 N.T. in a year reading & study, verses R paraphrased [  ] references {  } thots

☀️ 1 - The book of the genesis of Jesus, the Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers 3 ….clipped.. 6.. .. And David was the father of Solomon, by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon.. 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

     17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ [greek for Messiah] fourteen generations. {From records of men - Abraham, David, Babylon - fourteen generations, but a couple(?) of names were left out - to make it fit. A memory trick. Luke got information from a different record. — from Barnes Commentary, I read on biblehub dot com.}

     JOHN 1:1 - In the beginning/origin [arché - beginning, origin (but can mean) ruler, authority, principality]. (In the origin) was the Word [logos - reasoning, root of logic] {the light, light was first} and the Word was with God [the Son was with the Father] and was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through the Son, and without the Son was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was Life, and the Life was - the Light of man. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does noT overcome it. {In any heart!}

Tomorrows verses - Luke 1:1-25