Armenian Bible, New Testament (Zohrab)

THE GOSPEL

begat Rehoboam. Rehoboam begat Abijah. Abijah
8 begat Asaph The Armenian text uses "Asaph," though most English Bibles identify this king as Asa.. ✱ Asaph begat Jehoshaphat. Jehosha-
9 phat begat Joram. Joram begat Uzziah. ✱ Uzziah
begat Jotham. Jotham begat Ahaz. Ahaz
10 begat Hezekiah. ✱ Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manas-
11 seh begat Amon original: "Amovs" - some Armenian traditions use the name Amos here instead of Amon. Amon begat Josiah. ✱ Josiah
begat Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian
11 captivity The forced deportation of Jews to Babylon in the 6th century BCE..
12 ✱ After the Babylonian captivity, Jeconiah begat
13 Shealtiel. Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel. ✱ Zerub-
babel begat Abiud. Abiud begat Eliakim.
14 Eliakim begat Azor. ✱ Azor begat Zadok.
15 Zadok begat Achim. Achim begat Eliud. ✱ E-
liud begat Eleazar. Eleazar begat Matthan.
16 Matthan begat Jacob. ✱ Jacob begat Joseph,
the husband of Mary, to whom was betrothed Mary the Virgin, from
17 whom was born Jesus abbreviated as "Ys", who was called Christ abbreviated as "Ks". ✱ Thus, all
the generations from Abraham until David were fourteen
generations. And from David until the Babylonian captivity,
fourteen generations. And from the Babylonian captivity
until Christ, fourteen generations.
18 ✱ And the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: When his mother
Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she
19 was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. ✱ And Joseph her husband,
since he was a righteous man and did not wish to disgrace her publicly,
20 intended to divorce her quietly. ✱ And while he was
considering this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him
in a dream and said: "Joseph, son of David, do not fear
to take Mary as your wife; for that which is
21 conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ✱ She shall bear a son, and you shall
call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people
22 from their sins." ✱ All this happened so that what was

[The following section contains technical scholarly notes on variations found in different manuscript versions.]

vam. or, "the Rehoboam." Rehoboam begat. (8) Some [manuscripts]:
"the Jehoshaphat." Jehoshaphat begat. (8) In the [original] copy: "begat
Joram." (10) Some: "The Manasseh." Manasseh begat. (10)
Oskan Referring to Oskan Yerevantsi, the editor of the first printed Armenian Bible in 1666.: "The Amon." Amon begat. (12) Some: "The Zerubba-
bel." (15) Some: "The Eleazar." Elea-. (16) Some:
"The husband of Mary... was born Jesus, who is called." (17)
Oskan: "All generations from Abr-." (17) Some [repeat] thrice: "Fourteen
generations." (18) Some: "betrothed his mother... by the
Holy Spirit." (19) Some: "Her husband." (19) Oskan: "And
did not wish to-." (20) Some: "He was considering that... appeared
in the dream... that which is born in her is from the Holy Spirit." (21)
Some: "They shall call his name." In one copy: "He shall call
the-." (22) Some: "It was spoken by the Lord... by Isaiah the proph-."

This section compares the current text with other versions, such as those edited by Oskan or found in older manuscript copies, noting slight differences in names, grammar, or phrasing.