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NASB | Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, |
Bible Question (short): 14generationsMt1:17?2 Chron counts more |
Question (full): My question is about Matthew 1:17. The Bible Gateway Commentary states that Matthew lists only 13 generations from the Babylonian exile to Jesus but I believe they forgot to count Jesus as a generations. The real question is: why does Matthew state that there are only 14 generations from David to the Babylonian exile when the list of kings in 2 Chronicles and 2 Kings clearly shows that the genealogy in Matthew is skipping over some folks after the first Uzziah all the way to another man named Uzziah who finally fathers Jotham? I understand that it is very Jewish to skip over names if they were not noteworthy, but why wouldn't Matthew at least report the math accurately? I had a lot of fun studying the geneology in Matthew chapter 1 and truly learned a lot, but when I got to verse 17 and realized that it doesn't account for the generations that Matthew skimmed over, I was baffled? Is there a cultural thing I am misunderstanding? |
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