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NASB | Luke 3:23 ¶ When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 3:23 ¶ When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son [by marriage] of Eli, |
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My friend, I am very sorry, but if your intention was to confuse me, you thoroughly succeeded. Just starting from your point/bullet 4, I don't know what you are talking about. May be the English is just too deep for me. I will have to re-read your answer all over again and again. Let me be quick though to point out that the way I see it; our learned Bible Scholars Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown were only expressing their opinion just like your College Professor, and just like you and I. Without starting a debate though, I am more interested in express statement from the Bible that supports or traces the lineage of Mary back to King David without ambiguity. Personally I believe esoteric communication is subject to individual interpretation. I could be wrong or just missing some fundamental concept somewhere, but I believe the scripture as contained in the Bible is the infallible Word of God. I don't think it was meant for man's extrapolation [Prov 30:5, 6]. Much Blessings. |
Bible Answer: Greetings, As I stated in my previous post, both of those were excerpts from two different sources that comments on the genealogies. As far as a Bible passage that states the genealogy in Luke is through Mary, there isn't one. However, I'm confused as to why you seem hesitant to extrapolate from Scripture, yet at the same time admit that the Bible is subject to individual interpretation. After all, Extrapolation and Interpretation go hand in hand with one another, especially when done through proper exegesis and hermeneutics. Now, as far as your primary question, "Is Mary anyhow related to King David?", the answer is obvious, and I'm surprised that it even needs to be asked. "Yes, she is." Why do we know this? The answer is equally simple, and the Bible does tell us. In Revelations 2:16, Jesus says it plainly, "I am the Root and Offspring of David." Now, since he's not born to Joseph, but born only to Mary, then we can EXTRAPOLATE that Mary was also an "Offspring" or a descendant of King David. Jalek |
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