Luke 3:23-36
thirty Gen 41:46; Num 4:3, Num 4:35, Num 4:39, Num 4:43, Num 4:47 being Luke 4:22; Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; John 6:42 which The real father of Joseph was Jacob (Matt 1:16); but having married the daughter of Heli, and being perhaps adopted by him, he was called his son, and as such was entered in the public registers; Mary not being mentioned, because the Hebrews never permitted the name of a woman to enter the genealogical tables, but inserted her husband as the son of him who was, in reality, but his father-in-law. Hence it appears that Matthew, who wrote principally for the Jews, traces the pedigree of Jesus Christ from Abraham, through whom the promises were given to the Jews, to David, and from David, through the line of Solomon, to Jacob the father of Joseph, the reputed or legal father of Christ; and that Luke, who wrote for the Gentiles, extends his genealogy upwards from Heli, the father of Mary, through the line of Nathan, to David, and from David to Abraham, and from Abraham to Adam, who was the immediate "son of God" by creation, and to whom the promise of the Saviour was given in behalf of himself and all his posterity. The two branches of descent from David, by Solomon and Nathan, being thus united in the persons of Mary and Joseph, Jesus the son of Mary re-united in himself all the blood, privileges, and rights, of the whole family of David; in consequence of which he is emphatically called "the Son of David." of Nathan 2Sam 5:14; 1Chr 3:5, 1Chr 14:4; Zech 12:12 was the son of Jesse Ruth 4:18-22; 1Sam 17:58, 1Sam 20:31; 1Kgs 12:16; 1Chr 2:10-15; Ps 72:20; Isa 11:1-2; Matt 1:3-6; Acts 13:22-23 which was the son of Obed Num 1:7, Num 2:3, Num 7:12; 1Chr 2:11-12, Nahshon, Salma, Boaz Aminadab Ruth 4:19-20; 1Chr 2:9-10 Aminadab Ram, Hezron, Matt 1:3-4 Esrom Gen 46:12; Num 26:20-21, Hezron Phares Gen 38:29; Ruth 4:12; 1Chr 2:4-5, 1Chr 9:4, Pharez of Juda Gen 29:35, Gen 49:8, Judah, Matt 1:2, Judas which was the son of Isaac Gen 21:3, Gen 25:26; 1Chr 1:34; Matt 1:2; Acts 7:8 Thara Gen 11:24-32; Josh 24:2; 1Chr 1:24-28, Terah, Nahor, Reu, Serug, Peleg, Eber, Shelah Saruch Gen 11:18-21, Serug, Reu Phalec Gen 10:25, Peleg Heber Gen 11:16-17, Eber Sala Gen 10:24, Gen 11:12-15, Salah Cainan This Cainan is not found in the Hebrew Text of any of the genealogies, but only in the Septuagint; from which, probably, the evangelist transcribed the register, as sufficiently exact for his purpose, and as more generally suited to command attention. (See note on Gen 11:12.) It may here be remarked, that though some of the same names occur here, from Nathan downwards, as in Joseph's genealogy, yet there appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were intended, different persons often bearing the same name. Sem Gen 5:32, Gen 7:13, Gen 9:18, Gen 9:26-27, Gen 10:21-22, Gen 11:10-26; 1Chr 1:17, Shem Noe Luke 17:27; Gen 5:29-30, Gen 6:8-10, Gen 6:22, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:23, Gen 8:1, Gen 9:1; Ezek 14:14; Heb 11:7; 1Pet 3:20; 2Pet 2:5, Noah
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