Bible Question:
My LifeChange gospel of Matthew study guide indicates that in Matthew chapter one, where Jesus genealogy is given, that not all of the ancestors between Abraham and Jesus are listed, but some are deliberatly left out. Why is this? And the ones listed are listed in 3sets of 14. What is the significance of that? Chusarcik Chusarcik |
Bible Answer: The three of 14 devides OT salvation history in three steps or sgments toward deliverance; Abraham to David, David to Jechoniah and the Babylonian exile, Babylon to Christ ( Matt 1:17). There is no scriptural indication for the use of only 14 generations in each segment, but David's anme numerically comes to 14. Allegorically, St. Jerome conjectured that the 42 generations represented the 42 encampments of Israel in the desert before they entered the Promised Land. |