¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.^(A)

⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”^[a](A) (which is translated “the Christ”),^(B)

²⁵ The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah^(A) is coming” (who is called Christ^(B)). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”