Matthew has Jesus as the 27th in line from David
Luke has Jesus...................38th in line from David
The list given by Luke is exponentially different to that of Mathew.
Luke 3:23 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of Age, being the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.
Matthew 1:16 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
why does Matthew bother with the genealogy of Joseph, to then give comment by way of "husband of Mary of whom Jesus was born.." that Jesus was not the true son of Joseph?
why does Luke give notice that Jesus was the son of Joseph, but has a complete different genealogy to that of Matthew, to that, his expands the genealogy by at least 11 generations?
by both accounts Joseph was a descendant of David, but why would this matter if Joseph was not the father of Jesus?
why does Luke have Joseph as the son of Heli; while Matthew has Joseph as the son of Jacob? confused?
2007-10-14
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