1:1 This is the record of the genealogy 1 of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah 2 ),
1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, 3 fourteen generations.
1 tn Grk “the book of the genealogy.” The noun βίβλος (biblo"), though it is without the article, is to be translated as definite due to Apollonius’ corollary and the normal use of anarthrous nouns in titles.
2 sn By the wife of Uriah, i.e., Bathsheba (cf. 2 Sam 11:3).
3 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”