The Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Jesse of David--the King. David (by Uriah's widow)

There are therefore, in all, fourteen generations from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Removal to Babylon; and fourteen from the Removal to Babylon to the Christ.

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, "Pity us, Son of David."

"Have you never read," He replied, "what David did when he and his men were hungry?

And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."

two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, "Sir, Son of David, pity us."

The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. "O Sir, Son of David, pity us," they said.

and the multitudes--some of the people preceding Him and some following--sang aloud, "God save the Son of David! Blessings on Him who comes in the Lord's name! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were filled with indignation.

"What think you about the Christ," He said, "whose son is He?" "David's," they replied.

"How then," He asked, "does David, taught by the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says,

"If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?"

"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

Hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, "Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me."

Many angrily told him to leave off shouting; but he only cried out all the louder, "Son of David, have pity on me."

Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our forefather David! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'

"David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.

to a maiden betrothed to a man of the name of Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary.

He will be great and He will be called 'Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of David His servant--

So Joseph went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judaea, to David's town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

For a Saviour who is the Anointed Lord is born to you to-day, in the town of David.

Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,

"Have you never read so much as this," answered Jesus--"what David did when he and his followers were hungry;

Then, at the top of his voice, he cried out, "Jesus, son of David, take pity on me."

Those in front reproved him and tried to silence him; but he continued shouting, louder than ever, "Son of David, take pity on me."

But He asked them, "How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?

Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand

"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"

Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem, David's village?"

"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I mean, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

For David says in reference to Him, "'I constantly fixed my eyes upon the Lord, because He is at my right hand in order that I may continue unshaken.

"As to the patriarch David, I need hardly remind you, brethren, that he died and was buried, and that we still have his tomb among us.

For David did not ascend into Heaven, but he says himself, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand

and didst say through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David Thy servant, "'Why have the nations stamped and raged, and the peoples formed futile plans?

That Tent was bequeathed to the next generation of our forefathers. Under Joshua they brought it with them when they were taking possession of the land of the Gentile nations, whom God drove out before them. So it continued till David's time.

David obtained favour with God, and asked leave to provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.

After removing him, He raised up David to be their king, to whom He also bore witness when He said, "'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man I love, who will obey all My commands.'

"It is from among David's descendants that God, in fulfilment of His promise, has raised up a Saviour for Israel, even Jesus.

And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, never again to be in the position of one soon to return to decay, He speaks thus: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

For David, after having been useful to his own generation in accordance with God's purpose, did fall asleep, was gathered to his forefathers, and did undergo decay.

"'"Afterwards I will return, and will rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will set it up again;

who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,

In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.

And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.

Never forget that Jesus Christ has risen from among the dead and is a descendant of David, as is declared in the Good News which I preach.

He again definitely mentions a certain day, "To-day," saying long afterwards, by David's lips, in the words already quoted, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."

And why need I say more? For time will fail me if I tell the story of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, and of David and Samuel and the Prophets;

"To the minister of the Church at Philadelphia write as follows: "'This is what the holy One and the true says--He who has the key of David--He who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open.

one of the Elders said to me, "Do not weep. The Lion which belongs to the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed, and will open the book and break its seven seals."

"I Jesus have sent My angel for him solemnly to declare these things to you among the Churches. I am the Root and the offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.