Characters & Episodes in Matthew
Swipe chapter-by-chapter across Matthew (28 chapters total).
Matthew 1
Abraham
Father of the covenant nation and head of the Messianic genealogy — who split the altar wood before dawn, climbed Mount Moriah for three days with his promised son Isaac, and named the mountain Jehovah Jireh.
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Boaz of Bethlehem
Son of Salmon and Rahab, worthy lord of the harvest in Bethlehem, and Kinsman-Redeemer (Goel) who spread his garment over Ruth the Moabite, paid the price at the city gate, and fathered Obed in the Messianic line.
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David
The shepherd boy who felled Goliath with a sling, hid with 400 outlaws in the Cave of Adullam, and became Israel's anointed warrior-king — "a man after God's own heart" whose line leads to Jesus.
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Isaac
The miracle son of Abraham and Sarah who carried the altar wood up Mount Moriah, asked 'Where is the lamb for a burnt offering?', and was spared when God provided the ram in the thicket.
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Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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King Jehoshaphat
Righteous king of Judah in the Messianic line who insisted on hearing the true prophet Micaiah at Ramoth-gilead and defeated a three-nation invasion by sending a Levite praise choir ahead of his army.
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King Josiah
Boy-king of Judah in the Messianic line who ordered the repair of the Temple at age twenty-six, tore his royal robes in visceral repentance when the lost Book of the Law was read aloud, and led the greatest covenant renewal in Judah's history.
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King Solomon
Son of David and Bathsheba, builder of the First Temple, and royal Bridegroom of the Song of Songs who pursues the sun-scorched Shulammite with intentional affirmation and covenant love.
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Rahab
The Canaanite woman of Jericho who hid Israel's spies under stalks of flax, hung the scarlet cord from her window in the city wall, and was grafted into the Messianic line as mother of Boaz.
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Ruth the Moabite
The widowed Moabite outsider who clung to Naomi declaring 'Your people shall be my people, and your God my God,' gleaned in the margins of Bethlehem's harvest field, was redeemed by Boaz, and became great-grandmother to King David in the line of Christ.
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Son of Zerubbabel in post-exilic Jerusalem who carried the royal Davidic genealogy into the Second Temple era.
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Son of Zadok and father of Eliud in the Second Temple Messianic lineage of Matthew 1.
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Leader of the house of Judah on the eve of the Exodus — father of tribal prince Nahshon and father-in-law to High Priest Aaron.
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Son of Eliakim and father of Zadok in the intertestamental Messianic lineage of Matthew 1.
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Daughter of Eliam, widow of Uriah the Hittite, and queen mother of King Solomon — through whom God redeemed a tragic royal failure into the Messianic line of Christ.
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Son of Eliud and father of Matthan in the final generations before Joseph and Jesus in Matthew 1.
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Son of Abiud and father of Azor in the post-exilic Davidic lineage of Matthew 1.
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Son of Achim and father of Eleazar in the royal Davidic line of Matthew 1.
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Son of Perez and grandson of Judah who entered Egypt with Jacob's family and carried the Messianic line forward through his son Ram.
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Son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham who wrestled with God at Peniel, received the covenant name Israel, and fathered the twelve tribes including Judah in the Messianic line.
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Son of Matthan and father of Joseph of Nazareth — completing the royal link from Abraham and David to the earthly home of Jesus.
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Grandson of Josiah carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar — and later released from prison after thirty-seven years to dine at the king's table, keeping the Davidic line alive in exile.
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Grandson of Boaz and Ruth and father of eight sons in Bethlehem — whose youngest shepherd son David became king, and whose 'stump' Isaiah prophesied would sprout the Messianic Branch.
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Righteous carpenter of Nazareth and royal heir of David — who obeyed the angel of the Lord, took Mary as his wife, named the child Jesus, and conferred the legal throne right of David upon the Messiah.
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Fourth son of Jacob and Leah, ancestor of the royal tribe of David and Jesus, who confessed 'She is more righteous than I' regarding Tamar and offered himself as surety for Benjamin.
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Second king of Judah, son of Rehoboam and father of Asa, who appealed to the LORD's covenant of salt with David and routed Jeroboam's army at Mount Zemaraim.
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Unfaithful king of Judah to whom God nonetheless spoke the virgin-birth sign through Isaiah: 'Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.'
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Short-reigning son of Manasseh and father of the great reformer King Josiah in the Messianic genealogy.
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Reforming king of Judah who tore down foreign idols, cried out to God against Zerah the Ethiopian's million-man army, and fathered King Jehoshaphat.
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Faithful reformer king of Judah who cleansed the temple, restored the nationwide Passover, and spread Sennacherib's threatening letter before the LORD in prayer.
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Son of Jehoshaphat who married Ahab's daughter Athaliah — yet God refused to destroy the house of Judah 'for the sake of David His servant, since He promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.'
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Righteous son of Uzziah who built the Upper Gate of the temple and grew mighty in Judah 'because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.'
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Son of Hezekiah who plunged Judah into deep idolatry for decades, yet when taken in hooks to Babylon humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers and was restored.
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Son of Solomon under whose harsh answer at Shechem the united kingdom split in two — continuing the Davidic throne over the southern kingdom of Judah.
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Prosperous king of Judah for fifty-two years in the Messianic line — in the year of whose death the prophet Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up on His throne.
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The virgin of Nazareth who answered Gabriel 'Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word,' bore the Son of God in Bethlehem, stood at the foot of the cross, and prayed with the 120 in the Upper Room.
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Son of Eleazar, father of Jacob, and paternal grandfather of Joseph of Nazareth in the Messianic lineage.
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Chief prince of the tribe of Judah during the Exodus who presented the very first dedication offering at the Tabernacle altar and fathered Salmon in the Messianic line.
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Son of Boaz and Ruth whose birth in Bethlehem restored Naomi's empty arms and made him grandfather to King David in the Messianic lineage.
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Son of Judah and Tamar whose birth 'broke forth' ahead of his twin Zerah, founding the Perezite clan that produced Boaz, King David, and Jesus.
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Son of Hezron and father of Amminadab in the royal genealogy linking Judah in Egypt to the Exodus generation.
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Prince of Judah in the conquest generation who married Rahab of Jericho and fathered Boaz of Bethlehem in the Messianic lineage.
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Firstborn son of captive King Jeconiah in Babylon and father of Zerubbabel, carrying the royal promise through the seventy-year exile.
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The first woman named in Matthew's Messianic genealogy — a wronged Canaanite widow whose bold pursuit of covenant justice preserved the royal line of Judah through her son Perez.
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Son of Azor and father of Achim in the intertestamental royal line of David.
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Davidic prince and governor of Judah who led the first exiles home from Babylon alongside Joshua the High Priest, rebuilt the Temple's foundation, and was declared God's chosen 'signet ring.'
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Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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Righteous carpenter of Nazareth and royal heir of David — who obeyed the angel of the Lord, took Mary as his wife, named the child Jesus, and conferred the legal throne right of David upon the Messiah.
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Matthew 9
Matthew 10
Matthew 13
Matthew 17
Matthew 25
Matthew 26
Matthew 27
Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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The Ram Caught in the Thicket
The substitute ram discovered behind Abraham on Mount Moriah with its horns entangled in a thicket of thorns — offered up 'instead of his son' as a prophetic shadow of Christ crowned with thorns.
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The Roman Centurion at the Cross
The hardened Roman commander overseeing the crucifixion at Golgotha — whose soldiers drove the nails into the unspared Substitute, and who confessed at the earthquake and torn veil, 'Truly this was the Son of God!'
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