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36 THE FOUR GOSPELS. 17. So all the descents are from Abraham to David fourteen descents: and from David to the migration to Babylon fourteen descents: and from the migration to Babylon to Christ fourteen descents.

18. Now the generation of the Christ was in this wise: His mother Mary being espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she proved to be with child of the Holy Ghost.

19. And Joseph, her husband, being just, and not willing to expose her, had a mind to put her away privately.

20. But while he thought on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary, thy

ferable to “ generation.” The meaning here js undoubted.
 * Por this translation Iam indebted to ‘‘a Catholic.” It seems pre-

stem, may be included.
 * @uly thirteen are enumerated; but the descent of Abraham, the

Calmet suggests, and our Redeemer considered as the stem of a new race.
 * Only twelve are given. The missing descent may be supplied az


 * The conception and birth. * The definite article is in the text.

some time before marriage.
 * Luke i. 27. It waa usual among the Hebrews to make espouealr

7 Before any sexual intercourse,


 * Trobubly after her visat 19 Elisabeth..

declared. The Divine Spirit, who is God, with the Father and the Son, is its author, By a mysterious and ineffable operation the Virgin con- ecived in the flesh Him, who is the Son of the Eternal God.
 * The supernatural character of the conception is, at once, positively

in every respect.
 * St, Chrysostom well remarks, that just is here equivalent to virtuous

version of the Vulgate, which is expressed above,
 * P, Tomake her a public example.” Campbell defends the milder

'* St. Chrysostom supposes that the Virgin was living under the roof of her spouse; but the text may be understood of the private dissolution of the engagement. Campbell renders it, “to divorce ;” which would imply her exposyre, to which Joseph was averse. The term is else- where, ch. v. 31,32, rendered by him “to dismiss,” which ia here ap- propriste. .

Joseph, it must signify to treat her aa a faithful spouse, to retain ber in
 * If, with St. Chrysostom, we consider her as already abiding with