Gospel of Matthew Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Prologue: genealogy, Nativity and infancy (Matthew 1β2) === {{Main|Genealogy of Jesus|Nativity of Jesus}} The Gospel of Matthew begins with the words "The Book of Genealogy [in Greek, 'Genesis'] of Jesus Christ", deliberately echoing the words of Genesis 2:4<ref>{{bibleverse|Genesis|2:4}}</ref> in the [[Septuagint]].{{NoteTag|name=Genesis|France, p. 26 note 1, and p. 28: "The first two words of Matthew's gospel are literally "book of genesis".}} The genealogy tells of Jesus's descent from [[Abraham]] and [[King David]] and the miraculous events surrounding [[Virgin birth of Jesus|his virgin birth]],{{NoteTag|name=Joseph|France, p. 28 note 7: "All MSS and versions agree in making it explicit that Joseph was not Jesus' father, with the one exception of sys, which reads "Joseph, to whom was betrothed Mary the virgin, begot Jesus."}} and the infancy narrative tells of the [[Massacre of the Innocents|massacre of the innocents]], the [[flight into Egypt]], and eventual journey to [[Nazareth]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page