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NASB | Matthew 1:6 Jesse was the father of David the king. ¶ David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:6 Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. [Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chr 2:13-15] |
Subject: Uriah the Hittite in Christ's lineage? |
Bible Note: Dear Ed, One other thing occurred to me: Liberal scholars have long thought that the Gospels Matthew and Luke were written in the late 80's or early 90's. Of course they speciously insist this in order to promulgate their own views. Of course, the struggle with liberal biblical scholarship ran on through the 20th century. The conservative scholars argue -- and I think rightly -- that the Matthew and Luke, though perhaps decades apart, were written prior to 70 AD. This is significant because prior to 70 AD, the lineage of any Jew was publicly -- well, to a Jew anyway -- available for review. These records were cared for meticulously by the Scribes. Anyway, I believe, with confidence, that if anyone questioned the lineage of Christ, they could go to the temple to affirm it. Indeed, such a challenge to these genealogies ever surfaced. In fact, had the genealogies been in question, trotting out the temple records would have ruined Christianity from the start. Rather, the ruling Jews remained silent on the subject. Furthermore, I am equally confident that they did check the records. Had they found a discrepancy, they knew how this would damage the Christian claims concerning our Lord. I was going to stay out of this thread. However, it seemed like the above might be helpful to people who have been persuaded by liberal teaching to question the soundness of the Scriptures. In Him, Doc |