Genealogy of Jesus

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Genealogy of Jesus

Why two completely different geanalogies for Jesus?

I posted a longer version of this. Here is the summary.

Genealogies were very important to the Jews. Public records recorded genealogies from the oldest to the youngest, and private records went from the youngest back to the oldest. This was done in part to prevent unqualified persons from gaining positions through their ancestry. Below is the public record of Jesus found in Matthew? Please note it is from oldest to youngest.

Mt 1:1-16
1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
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Below is the private record of Jesus found in Luke. Please note it is from youngest to oldest. Here we find something strange. Matthew says Joseph’s father was Jacob and Luke says Joseph’s father was Heli. Are we to believe that Joseph had two fathers, of course not? Are we to believe that the scriptures are contradictory or one of these genealogies is wrong, of course not? Why two genealogies of Jesus? There are two genealogies of Jesus to prove His legal right to the throne of David. In Luke, Joseph is inserted to follow custom, indicated by the word, “(as was supposed)”, NT:3543; Nomizo; properly, to do by law, to follow by custom. It is even in parentheses to draw attention to it. The parentheses are shouting to us, “Take a closer look here!”

Lk 3:23-34
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham,
KJV
  • Matthew records Joseph’s father as Jacob and descending from David through Solomon.
  • Luke records Joseph’s father as Heli and descending from David through Nathan.
  • The two records are very different and suggest that they are not the genealogies of the same person, but two different ones.
  • In the first verse of Luke’s record, Luke states in parentheses “(as was supposed)”. (Nomizo; properly, to do by law, to follow by custom.)
  • Jesus’ father was God. Jesus’ mother was the virgin, Mary. His step-father was Joseph.
  • Joseph was obviously from the house of David, of the tribe of Judah.
  • The genealogy in Luke belongs to the only one left, which is Mary. Therefore, Mary is of the house of David and of the tribe of Judah.
Jesus Christ our Lord and savior is “a remnant of the house of Judah”, from “the root of Jesse”, and “from the house of David”. He was “made of the seed of David according to the flesh” through Mary.
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The seed line in Matthew 1:1-16 is that of JOSEPH, the ADOPTIVE FATHER of Christ, not His biological father. In verse 16 we are told that Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary and Joseph were not yet married when Christ was born. Since Joseph was not THE biological father of Christ, that series of names in Matthew 1 does not apply in any way to the seed line of Christ. We must go to Luke 3:23-38 to see the ACTUAL seed line of Christ through Mary's side of the family. Look very carefully at those texts in Matthew and Luke.
 
Amen,
When studying this topic, what caught my attention in Luke was the phrase in the first first "(as was supposed)". which is (Nomizo; properly, to do by law, to follow by custom.). This phrase almost calls out to us to take a closer look here. Luke is surely the geneology of Mary. Although it was customary for heritage to pass through the male, in Mary's case it was lawfully passed through her because she met both of the conditions for it to do so.
  • Num 27:8, "Therefore, tell the Israelites; If a man dies without leaving a son, you shall let his heritage pass on to his daughter."
  • Num 36:6-7, "This is what the Lord commands with regard to the daughters of Salphahad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry into a clan of their ancestral tribe, so that no heritage of the Israelites will pass from one tribe to another, but all the Israelites will retain their own ancestral heritage."
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