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MATTHEW 1:1-17
Presenting the Genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth: King!
By Johnny Tatum
PART 3: JESUS – THE SON OF DAVID, OF ABRAHAM, OF ADAM
To answer the first problem, we are going to look at a second problem concerning the recorded genealogies.
As we have seen, two of the Gospels (Matthew and Luke) give the human genealogies for Jesus of Nazareth. The problem is that they both claim to be the genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth, but they are different. If you compare the genealogies of Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38, you will see that in part they are the same, and in part, they are different.
Let us compare these two genealogies.
The first thing we notice is they are in reverse order:
In Matthew you read down; in Luke you read up.
In the following table, the two genealogies of Jesus of Nazareth — from Abraham to David — are listed in the Matthew order.
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Matthew |
Luke |
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1:1-6 |
3:31-34 |
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Abraham |
the son of Abraham |
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begat Isaac |
the son of Isaac |
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begat Jacob |
the son of Jacob |
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begat Judah [and his brothers] |
the son of Judah |
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begat Perez [and Zerah by Tamar] |
the son of Perez |
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begat Hezron |
the son of Hezron |
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begat Ram |
the son of Ram |
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the son of Admin |
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begat Amminadab |
the son of Amminadab |
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begat Nahshon |
the son of Nahshon |
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begat Salmon |
the son of Salmon |
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begat Boaz [by Rahab] |
the son of Boaz |
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begat Obed [by Ruth] |
the son of Obed |
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begat Jesse |
the son of Jesse |
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begat David [the king] |
the son of David |
From Abraham to David, the Matthew and Luke genealogies of Jesus of Nazareth are the same, except where Luke includes one name that Matthew does not: Admin.
Some people get upset over a skipped name in genealogies recorded in the Bible. However, it was very common in the Oriental mind to skip names when tracing the descent of a person. We know Matthew skipped four people, and possibly, more.
The point is: from Abraham to David, the genealogies are the same.
Next:
Matthew 1:1-17, Part 4: HIS DESCENT THROUGH JOSEPH, HIS DESCENT THROUGH MARY
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