the son of Joseph, the son of Heli…” (Luke 3:23 NKJV).
\nSome point to the differences between the two genealogies found in Matthew and Luke as evidence of error in the Bible. However, the better explanation is that Matthew and Luke were writing from different perspectives. Matthew’s gospel presented Christ as King, while Luke’s presented him as Son of Man. Matthew followed the line of Joseph (Jesus\u2019 legal father), through David\u2019s son Solomon, while Luke followed the line of Mary (Jesus\u2019 blood relative), though David\u2019s son Nathan. Since there was no Greek word for \u201cson-in-law,\u201d Joseph was called the \u201cson of Heli\u201d by marriage to Mary, Heli\u2019s daughter. Through either Mary\u2019s or Joseph\u2019s line, Jesus is a descendant of David. Tracing a genealogy through the mother\u2019s side is unusual, but so was the virgin birth. Luke\u2019s explanation is that Jesus was the son of Joseph, \u201cas was supposed.\u201d Matthew’s genealogy started with Abraham and ended with Jesus, showing his legal right to the Davidic throne, while Luke began with Jesus and traced his humanity all the way back to Adam and to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
the son of Joseph, the son of Heli…” (Luke 3:23 NKJV).
\nSome point to the differences between the two genealogies found in Matthew and Luke as evidence of error in the Bible. However, the better explanation is that Matthew and Luke were writing from different perspectives. Matthew’s gospel presented Christ as King, while Luke’s presented him as Son of Man. Matthew followed the line of Joseph (Jesus\u2019 legal father), through David\u2019s son Solomon, while Luke followed the line of Mary (Jesus\u2019 blood relative), though David\u2019s son Nathan. Since there was no Greek word for \u201cson-in-law,\u201d Joseph was called the \u201cson of Heli\u201d by marriage to Mary, Heli\u2019s daughter. Through either Mary\u2019s or Joseph\u2019s line, Jesus is a descendant of David. Tracing a genealogy through the mother\u2019s side is unusual, but so was the virgin birth. Luke\u2019s explanation is that Jesus was the son of Joseph, \u201cas was supposed.\u201d Matthew’s genealogy started with Abraham and ended with Jesus, showing his legal right to the Davidic throne, while Luke began with Jesus and traced his humanity all the way back to Adam and to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[],"scripture-chapter":[],"oyb_day":[1605],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3182","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","oyb_day-march-19"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}