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1 | why difference in family tree of jesus | Matt 1:16 | kalos | 20051 | ||
"...the royal line is passed through Jesus' legal father, and His physical descent from David is established by Mary's lineage." Joseph is the descendant of David. Mary is also the descendant of David. "Luke's entire section [of genealogy] from Joseph to David differs starkly from that given by Matthew. The two genealogies are easily reconciled if Luke's is seen as Mary's genealogy, and Matthew's version represents Joseph's. "Thus the royal line is passed through Jesus' legal father, and His physical descent from David is established by Mary's lineage... "Joseph was "the son of Heli" by marriage (Heli having no sons of his own), and thus is named in Luke 3:23 as the representative of Mary's generation. Moses himself established precedent for this sort of substitution in Numbers 27:1-11; 36:1-12" (pp. 1518-1519, MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word). |
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2 | 2x more generations in Luke vs Matthew | Matt 1:16 | Bubba | 69477 | ||
The initial answer to this question sounds good, but there are some problems with it: 1. The number of generations that appear between Zerubbabel and Jesus in Matthew is dramatically fewer (1/2) than in Luke. This same ratio is found between David and Shealtiel. This would imply that the generational rate in Mary's bloodline is twice that of Joseph. How do scholars address this difference? 2. What is the importance of Matthew stressing the 14 generations between Abraham-David, David-Babylon, and Babylon to Christ in verse 1:17? 3. Doesn't Luke, by virtue of the fact that he has twice as many generations listed, challenge this fact listed in Matthew? |
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3 | 2x more generations in Luke vs Matthew | Matt 1:16 | Searcher56 | 69509 | ||
While Luke says there were 56 generations, both skipped generations. Matthew and Luke were each inspired by the Holy Spirit. There are differences in the OT, as well. For some reason Matthew chose 3 * 14 or 42 generations. It could be a play on numbers. One view is that it is 6 (man) * 7 (perfect) is man perfected ... another is 14 is the numeric value of David. |
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