Matthew 1:1 Commentary - William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
GENEALOGIESMatthew 1 and Luke 3. There is but one fact of vital importance in all of these genealogies, and that is the transmission to all generations, an infallible history of our Lord’s progenitorship, setting forth, beyond controversy, the fact of His human descension from Adam. In order to reach man in the plan of salvation, He must be a Man; in order to save men, He must be God. While His miracles and fulfillment of the prophecies prove His Divinity, the inspired genealogies prove His humanity. That the testimony shall be indubitable, it is given by two of our Lord’s inspired biographers, which can not be a copy either of the other, because of their dissimilitude, running in opposite directions.
Consult other comments:
Matthew 1:1 - Abbott's Illustrated New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - The Greek Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Barclay Daily Study Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew 1:1 - Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Matthew 1:1 - B.H. Carroll's An Interpretation of the English Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Through the Bible Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Matthew 1:1 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
Matthew 1:1 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Matthew 1:1 - James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 1:1 - John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Expositors Bible Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 1:1 - Everett's Study Notes on the Holy Scriptures
Matthew 1:1 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
Matthew 1:1 - Expositor's Dictionary of Text by Robertson
Matthew 1:1 - F. B. Hole's Old and New Testaments Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - F.B. Meyer's Through the Bible Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - Discovering Christ In Selected Books of the Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (Commentary)
Matthew 1:1 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Matthew 1:1 - Geneva Bible Notes
Matthew 1:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Gnomon of the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Grant's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 1:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - International Critical Commentary New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Matthew 1:1 - Commentaries on the New Testament and Prophets
Matthew 1:1 - Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Matthew 1:1 - William Kelly Major Works (New Testament)
Matthew 1:1 - The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Matthew 1:1 - A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical by Lange
Matthew 1:1 - Cornelius Lapide Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
Matthew 1:1 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - An Exposition on the Whole Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Grant's Numerical Bible Notes and Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - The People's Bible by Joseph Parker
Matthew 1:1 - Peake's Commentary on the Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Matthew 1:1 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Matthew 1:1 - The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Matthew 1:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
Matthew 1:1 - The Bible of the Expositor and the Evangelist by Riley
Matthew 1:1 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - The Sermon Bible
Matthew 1:1 - Spurgeon's The Gospel of the Kingdom
Matthew 1:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Matthew 1:1 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Matthew 1:1 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Matthew 1:1 - You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Matthew 1:1 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Matthew 1:1 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
William Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

William B. Godbey was one of the most influential evangelists of the Wesleyan-holiness movement in its formative period (1880-1920). Thousands of people experienced conversion or entire sanctification under his ministry, and Godbey gained a reputation for having revivals everywhere he went.