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Mat 1:18-25. Birth of Christ.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise - or, “thus.”
When as his mother Mary was espoused - rather, “betrothed.”
to Joseph, before they came together, she was found - discovered to be.
with child of the Holy Ghost - It was, of course, the fact only that was discovered; the explanation of the fact here given is the Evangelist’s own. That the Holy Ghost is a living conscious Person is plainly implied here, and is elsewhere clearly taught (Act 5:3, Act 5:4, etc.): and that, in the unity of the Godhead, He is distinct both from the Father and the Son, is taught with equal distinctness (Mat 28:19; 2Co 13:14). On the miraculous conception of our Lord, see on Luk 1:35.