HAPPY COMMEMORATION OF THE MALE CHILD, YESHUA
By: J. K. Woods
Tags: Spirituality, Bible, Religion, Christianity

TNDL: “HAPPY COMMEMORATION OF THE MALE CHILD YESHUA, THE HEBREW MESSIAH, WHO CAME INTO THE WORLD AS THE LIBERATOR AND SAVIOUR, AND REDEEMER OF THE WORLD. HE WAS, AND IS STILL THE GOD MAN, EMMANUEL, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF THE LIVING GOD, MOST HIGH, THE ETERNAL HEAVENLY FATHER, THE CREATOR OF ALL THING IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH!”

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The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke. Matthew starts with Abraham, while Luke begins with Adam. … the genealogies of Jesus as theological constructs rather than factual history: family pedigrees would not usually have been Genealogy of Jesus

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This article is about the biblical genealogy of Christ. For the article about claims to a genealogical descent from the historical Jesus, see Jesus bloodline.

Rose window in Basilica of Saint-Denis, France, depicting the ancestors of Jesus from Jesse onwards

The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke.[1] Matthew starts with Abraham, while Luke begins with Adam. The lists are identical between Abraham and David, but differ radically from that point. Matthew has twenty-seven generations from David to Joseph, whereas Luke has forty-two, with almost no overlap between the names on the two lists.⁠ Notably, the two accounts also disagree on who Joseph’s father was: Matthew says he was Jacob, while Luke says he was Heli.[2]

Traditional Christian scholars (starting with Africanus and Eusebius[3]) have put forward various theories that seek to explain why the lineages are so different,[4] such as that Matthew’s account follows the lineage of Joseph, while Luke’s follows the lineage of Mary, although both start with Jesus and then go to Joseph, not Mary. Some modern critical scholars like Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan state that both genealogies are inventions, intended to bring the Messianic claims into conformity with Jewish criteria.[5]

Contents

1Matthew’s genealogy1.1Omissions

2Luke’s genealogy

3Comparison of the two genealogies

4Explanations for divergence4.1Levirate marriage

4.2Maternal ancestry in Luke

4.3Maternal ancestry in Matthew

4.4Lukan version of Levirate marriage theory

4.5Panther

4.6Legal inheritance

5Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel

6Fulfillment of prophecy

7Women mentioned

8Mary’s kinship with Elizabeth

9Virgin birth

10Islam

11See also

12Notes

13External links

Matthew’s genealogy[edit]

Patrilineage in Matthew was traditionally illustrated by a Tree of Jesse showing the descent of Jesus from Jesse, father of King David

Matthew 1:1–17 begins the Gospel, “A record of the origin of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham begot Isaac, …” and continues on until “… Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.”

Matthew emphasizes, right from the beginning, Jesus’ title Christ — the Greek rendering of the Hebrew title Messiah — meaning anointed, in the sense of an anointed king. Jesus is presented as the long-awaited Messiah, who was expected to be a descendant of King David. Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and also son of Abraham, indicating that he was an Israelite; both are stock phrases, in which son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham.[6]

Matthew’s introductory title (βίβλος γενέσεως, book of generations) has been interpreted in various ways, but most likely is simply a title for the genealogy that follows, echoing the Septuagint use of the same phrase for genealogies.[7]

Patrilineage of Jesus according to Matthew

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Judah and Tamar

Perez

Hezron

Ram

Amminadab

Nahshon

Salmon and Rahab

Boaz and Ruth

Obed

Jesse

David and Bathsheba

Solomon

Rehoboam

Abijah

Asa

Jehoshaphat

Jehoram

Uzziah

Jotham

Ahaz

Hezekiah

Manasseh

Amon

Josiah

Jeconiah

Shealtiel

Zerubbabel

Abiud

Eliakim

Azor

Zadok

Achim

Eliud

Eleazar

Matthan

Jacob

Joseph

Jesus

Tree of Jesse illustration based on the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century)

Matthew’s genealogy is considerably more complex than Luke’s. It is overtly schematic, organized into three sets of fourteen, each of a distinct character:

The first is rich in annotations, including four mothers and mentioning the brothers of Judah and the brother of Perez.

The second spans the Davidic royal line, but omits several generations, ending with “Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.”

The last, which appears to span only thirteen generations, connects Joseph to Zerubbabel through a series of otherwise unknown names, remarkably few for such a long period.

The total of 42 generations is achieved only by omitting several names, so the choice of three sets of fourteen seems deliberate. Various explanations have been suggested: fourteen is twice seven, symbolizing perfection and covenant, and is also the gematria (numerical value) of the name David.[6]

The rendering into Greek of Hebrew names in this genealogy is mostly in accord with the Septuagint, but there are a few peculiarities. The form Asaph seems to identify King Asa with the psalmist Asaph. Likewise, some see the form Amos for King Amon as suggesting the prophet Amos, though the Septuagint does have this form. Both may simply be assimilations to more familiar names. More interesting, though, are the unique forms Boes (Boaz, LXX Boos) and Rachab (Rahab, LXX Raab).[8