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In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />concerning His Son, having come of <i>the</i> seed of David according to flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />concerning His Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />[the good news] regarding His Son, who, as to the flesh [His human nature], was born a descendant of David [to fulfill the covenant promises],<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This Good News is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In his human nature he was a descendant of David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />regarding his Son. He was a descendant of David with respect to his humanity <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />concerning His Son—who has come of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />concerning His Son, having come of <i>the</i> seed of David according to flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Concerning his Son born of the seed of David according to the flesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Concerning his Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />about his Son, who was made for him from the offspring of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the gospel about his Son, descended from David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Concerning his son who was born in the flesh of the seed of the house of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />About his Son, who is begotten in the flesh from the seed of the house of David,<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the posterity of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; made from the seed of David after the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />with relation to his son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was of the lineage of David as to his body,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />concerning His Son, Who was born of the seed of David, according to <i>His</i> flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />who was of the seed of David according to the flesh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/1-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=12" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/1.htm">Greeting the Saints in Rome</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.">regarding</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huiou (N-GMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">who</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: genomenou (V-APM-GMS) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">was a descendant</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/4690.htm" title="4690: spermatos (N-GNS) -- From speiro; something sown, i.e. Seed; by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant."></a> <a href="/greek/1138.htm" title="1138: Dauid (N-GMS) -- David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.">of David</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">according to</a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarka (N-AFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">the flesh,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">4</span>and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-13</a></span><br />And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a></span><br />This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22-23</a></span><br />After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ / From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-8.htm">2 Timothy 2:8</a></span><br />Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a></span><br />“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a></span><br />Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-11.htm">Psalm 132:11</a></span><br />The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/7-42.htm">John 7:42</a></span><br />Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm">Hebrews 1:5</a></span><br />For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4</a></span><br />But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Micah 5:2</a></span><br />But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-42.htm">Matthew 22:42-45</a></span><br />“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered. / Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says: / ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-31.htm">Luke 3:31</a></span><br />the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;</p><p class="hdg">his Son.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Romans 1:9</a></b></br> For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-2.htm">Romans 8:2,3,29-32</a></b></br> For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-7.htm">Psalm 2:7</a></b></br> I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou <i>art</i> my Son; this day have I begotten thee.</p><p class="hdg">which.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a></b></br> And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-36.htm">Psalm 89:36,37</a></b></br> His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6,7</a></b></br> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace… </p><p class="hdg">according.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3</a></b></br> For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/9-5.htm">Romans 9:5</a></b></br> Whose <i>are</i> the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ <i>came</i>, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a></b></br> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/28-7.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/acts/22-28.htm">Born</a> <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/acts/15-16.htm">David</a> <a href="/acts/15-16.htm">David's</a> <a href="/acts/2-30.htm">Descendant</a> <a href="/acts/24-1.htm">Descended</a> <a href="/acts/4-6.htm">Descent</a> <a href="/acts/19-14.htm">Family</a> <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/romans/1-2.htm">Gospel</a> <a href="/acts/17-25.htm">Human</a> <a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/acts/13-23.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/acts/25-20.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/acts/26-2.htm">Regards</a> <a href="/acts/13-23.htm">Seed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/13-11.htm">Belonged</a> <a href="/romans/9-11.htm">Born</a> <a href="/romans/1-4.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/romans/4-6.htm">David</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">David's</a> <a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Descendant</a> <a href="/romans/9-6.htm">Descended</a> <a href="/romans/9-8.htm">Descent</a> <a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Family</a> <a href="/romans/2-28.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Gospel</a> <a href="/romans/1-31.htm">Human</a> <a href="/romans/1-4.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Posterity</a> <a href="/romans/4-20.htm">Regarding</a> <a href="/romans/1-4.htm">Regards</a> <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Seed</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/1-1.htm">Paul commends his calling to the Romans;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/1-9.htm">and his desire to come to them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/1-16.htm">What his gospel is.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">God is angry with sin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">What were the sins of mankind.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/romans/1.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>regarding His Son</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the centrality of Jesus Christ in the message of the Gospel. The Greek word for "Son" here is "huios," which signifies not just a biological relationship but a position of honor and authority. In the context of the New Testament, "His Son" refers to Jesus Christ, affirming His divine nature and eternal relationship with God the Father. This phrase sets the stage for understanding the Gospel as centered on the person and work of Jesus, who is both fully divine and fully human.<p><b>who was a descendant of David</b><br />The phrase "descendant of David" is crucial in establishing Jesus' messianic credentials. The Greek term "genomenos" (translated as "was") indicates a historical reality, pointing to Jesus' human lineage. The reference to David is significant because it fulfills Old Testament prophecies that the Messiah would come from the line of David (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>, <a href="/isaiah/11.htm">Isaiah 11:1</a>). This lineage underscores Jesus' rightful claim to the throne of Israel and His role as the promised King who would establish God's eternal kingdom.<p><b>according to the flesh</b><br />This phrase highlights the humanity of Jesus. The Greek word "sarx," translated as "flesh," refers to human nature and physical existence. By stating "according to the flesh," Paul acknowledges that Jesus, while divine, took on human form and lived among us. This is a profound mystery of the Christian faith, known as the Incarnation, where God became man. It emphasizes that Jesus fully participated in human experience, enabling Him to be the perfect mediator between God and humanity. This dual nature of Christ is essential for understanding His role in salvation, as only one who is both God and man could bridge the gap caused by sin.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3, 4) Who, on the human side--as if to show that the prophecies were really fulfilled in Him--was born of the seed of David, the rightful lineage of the Messiah; who, on the divine side, by virtue of the divine attribute of holiness dwelling in His spirit, was declared to be the Son of God, by that mighty demonstration, the resurrection of the dead.<p><span class= "bld">According to the flesh.</span>--The word is here used as equivalent to "in His human nature, in that lower bodily organisation which He shares with us men."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> <span class="cmt_word">Which was made</span>; <span class="accented">or, was born.</span> But the word in itself, <span class="greek">γενομένου</span>, need only mean that <span class="accented">he became</span> a Man of the seed of David; implying, it would seem, a pre-existence of him who so became. This, however, is more evident from other passages, in which <span class="greek">ω}ν</span>, or <span class="greek">ὑπάρχων</span>, is opposed to <span class="greek">γενόμενος</span> (cf. <a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1, 14</a>; <a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Philippians 2:6, 7</a>; cf. also <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4</a>, <span class="greek">Ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ υἱὸν</span> <span class="greek">αὐτοῦ γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικὸς</span>)<span class="accented">. <span class="cmt_word"></span>Of the seed of David according to the flesh</span>. <span class="greek">Κατὰ σάρκα</span> is here, as elsewhere, contrasted with <span class="greek">κατὰ</span> <span class="greek">πνεῦμα</span>. Here <span class="greek">κατὰ σάρκα</span> denotes the merely human descent of Jesus in distinction from his Divine Being (cf. <a href="/acts/2-40.htm">Acts 2:40</a>; <a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3, 5</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">2 Corinthians 5:16</a>). His having come humanly "of the seed of David" is suitably noted here, where "the Son" is being set forth as fulfilling the Old Testament promises; for they uniformly represent the Messiah as thus descended, and it was essential to the Jewish conception of him that he should be so (cf. <a href="/matthew/22-42.htm">Matthew 22:42</a>; <a href="/john/7-42.htm">John 7:42</a>; and for the stress laid by the writers of the New Testament on the fact that Jesus was so - of which fact no doubt was entertained - cf. <a href="/hebrews/7-14.htm">Hebrews 7:14</a>, <span class="greek">πρόδηλον γὰρ</span>, etc. See, among many other passages, <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a>; <a href="/luke/2-4.htm">Luke 2:4, 5</a>; <a href="/acts/2-30.htm">Acts 2:30</a>; <a href="/acts/13-23.htm">Acts 13:23</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-8.htm">2 Timothy 2:8</a>). Meyer, commenting on the verse before us, goes somewhat out of his way to set forth that only Joseph's, not Mary's, descent from David was in St. Paul's mind, saying that "the Davidic descent of the mother of Jesus can by no means be established from the New Testament," and also that "Paul nowhere indicates the view of a supernatural generation of the bodily nature of Jesus." As to the first of these assertions, it may be observed that, in the opening chapters of our Gospel of St. Luke (representing certainly the early belief of the Church) our Lord seems to be regarded as actually descended from David - not legally so accounted only - though, at the same time, his supernatural generation is distinctly asserted (comp. <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32</a> with Luke 1:35). Hence we are led to infer Mary's, as well as Joseph's, descent from David, whether or not either of the genealogies given in St. Matthew's and St. Luke's Gospels represents hers. Further, with respect to those two genealogies (evidently independent ones, and both probably got from genealogical records preserved at Jerusalem), a probable way of accounting for the two distinct lines of descent through which Joseph seems to be traced to David, is to suppose one of them to be really Mary's, the legal representative of whose family Joseph had become by marriage, so as to be entered in legal documents as the son of her father (see art. on "Genealogy of Jesus Christ," in 'Dictionary of the Bible,' W. Smith, LL.D.). As to Meyer's second assertion above alluded to, it is true that St. Paul nowhere refers to our Lord's supernatural conception spoken of in the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke. But it does not follow that it was not already included in the Church's creed, or that St. Paul himself was unaware of it or disbelieved it. This is not the place for enlarging on the evidence, at the present day increasing in force, of the early origin of our existing Gospels, and of their being a true embodiment of the Church's original belief. St. Paul's silence as to the manner how the Son of God became incarnate may be accounted for by his not having had occasion, in his extant Epistles, to speak of it. He is occupied, in accordance with his peculiar mission, in setting forth the meaning and purpose of the Incarnation rather than its mode, and in preaching rather than catechetical instruction; and on the essential idea involved he is sufficiently explicit, viz. the peculiar Divine paternity of Christ, notwithstanding the human birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/1-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">regarding</span><br /><span class="grk">περὶ</span> <span class="translit">(peri)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4012.htm">Strong's 4012: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Son,</span><br /><span class="grk">Υἱοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(Huiou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was a descendant</span><br /><span class="grk">γενομένου</span> <span class="translit">(genomenou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of David</span><br /><span class="grk">Δαυὶδ</span> <span class="translit">(Dauid)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1138.htm">Strong's 1138: </a> </span><span class="str2">David, King of Israel. Of Hebrew origin; Dabid, the Israelite king.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to</span><br /><span class="grk">κατὰ</span> <span class="translit">(kata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] flesh,</span><br /><span class="grk">σάρκα</span> <span class="translit">(sarka)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/romans/1-3.htm">NT Letters: Romans 1:3 Concerning his Son who was born (Rom. 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