Jerome
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Mt 1, 1English original
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
(Prolog. in Comm. in Matt.) ‘The face of a man’ (in Ezekiel’s vision [Ez. 1:5]) signifies Matthew, who accordingly opens his Gospel with the human genealogy of Christ.