Pseudo-Chrysostom
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Mt 1, 1English original
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
(Homil. in Matt. Hom. i.) Matthew wrote for the Jews, and in Hebrewa; to them it was unnecessary to explain the divinity which they recognized; but necessary to unfold the mystery of the Incarnation. John wrote in Greek for the Gentiles who knew nothing of a Son of God. They required therefore to be told first, that the Son of God was God, then that this Deity was incarnate.