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Matthew 1:24
She conceived after the betrothal so she would seem to have carried a child by Joseph, so the genealogy could run through him, and so she would have a guardian when plots rose against them (Matthew 1:18 ).
Greek Μετὰ τὴν μνηστείαν συνέλαβεν, ἵνα δόξῃ ἐξ αὐτοῦ κεκυηκέναι καὶ ἵνα ἐξ αὐτοῦ γενεαλογηθῇ καὶ σχῇ καὶ κηδεμόνα ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
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