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Medieval A.D. 856 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 1:1

Rabanus Maurus, on Matt 1:1

Rabanus Maurus · c. A.D. 780–856

Matt 1:1 · Douay-Rheims

“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:”

On this verse:

“Though the genealogy occupies only a small part of the volume, he yet begins thus, The book of the generation. For it is the manner of the Hebrews to name their books from that with which they open; as Genesis.”

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