The Two Genealogies of Matthew 1 and Luke 3 - Appendix to the Companion Bible

99. THE TWO GENEALOGIES
OF
MATTHEW 1 AND LUKE 3"

"THE BOOK OF THE GENERATION OF JESUS CHRIST" (THE MESSIAH)

ACCORDING TO MATTHEW	ACCORDING TO LUKE
THE REGAL LEGAL LINE ("The Throne of His father David")	THE NATURAL LEGAL LINE ("The seed of the Woman")
	GOD
	1. ADAM
	2. Seth
	3. Enos
	4. Cainan
	5. Maleleel
	6. Jared
	7. Enoch
	8. Mathusala
	9. Lamech
	10. Noe
	11. Sem
	12. Arphaxad [Cainan] (*1)
	13. Sala
	14. Heber
	15. Phalec
	16. Ragau
	17. Saruch
	18. Nachor
	19. Thara
THE FOURTEEN LAY GENERATIONS:
1. ABRAHAM	20. ABRAHAM
2. Isaac	21. Isaac
3. Jacob	22. Jacob
4. Judas	23. Judas
5. Phares	24. Phares
6. Esrom	25. Esrom
7. Aram	26. Aram
8. Aminadab	27. Aminadab
9. Naasson	28. Naasson
10. Salmon	29. Salmon
11. Booz	30. Booz
12. Obed	31. Obed
13. Jesse	32. Jesse
14. DAVID the king (in Hebron, 2Sam. 2:4, 11)	33. DAVID
THE REGAL FOURTEEN GENERATIONS:
1. DAVID (THE KING "over all Israel", 2Sam. 5:4, 5)	34. NATHAN second (surviving) son of Bathsheba
2. SOLOMON (eldest surviving son of Bathsheba)	35. Mattatha
3. ROBOAM	36. Menan
4. ABIA	37. Melea
5. ASA	38. Elaikim
6. JOSAPHAT	39. Jonan
7. JORAM (the son in law of Ahab "died of sore diseases", 2Chron. 21:19) AHAZIAH his son (called "son-in-law of the House of Ahab", 2Kings 8:27) and JOASH his grandson, and AMAZIAH his great-grandson -- all died violent deaths. (*2)	40. Joseph
8. OZIAS	41. Juda
9. JOATHAM	42. Simeon
10. ACHAZ	43. Levi
11. EZEKIAS	44. Matthat
12. MANASSES	45. Jorim
13. AMON	46. Eliezer
14. JOSIAS	47. Jose
JEHOIAKIM JECHONIAH (*3)	48. Er
THE FOURTEEN LAY GENERATIONS:	49. Elmodam
1. Jechonias	50. Cosam
	51. Addi
2. Salathiel	52. Melchi
	53. Neri
3. Zorobabel	54. SALATHIEL
	55. Zorobabel
4. Abiud	56. Rhesa (*4)
	57. Joanna
5. Eliakim	58. Juda
	59. Joseph
6. Azor	60. Samei
	61. Mattathias
7. Sadoc	62. Maath
	63. Nagge
8. Achim	64. Esli
	65. Naum
9. Eliud	66. Amos
	67. Mattathias
10. Eleazar	68. Joseph
	69. Janna
11. Matthan	70. Melchi
	71. Levi
12. Jacob	72. Matthat
	73. Heli
13. JOSEPH (SON reskoned "according to Law" (hosenomizeto, Luke 3:23) of Heli by betrothal to Heli's daughter : therefore {also "according to Law" cp. Matt. 1:20. Luke 2:5. with Deut. 22:23, 24.} HUSBAND OF :	74. (MARY) of whom was born :
14.	75. JESUS WHO IS CALLED "MESSIAH" THE SON OF ADAM (sdah*iB\ = ho huios tou anthropou) WHO WAS THE SON OF GOD

(*1) Undoubtedly an interpolation in certain copies of the Septuagint towards the close of the Fourth Cent. A.D. "The evidence against his existence is to the utmost possible degree, clear, full, and positive, and not liable to any mistake or perversion. On the contrary, the evidence for his existence ... is inferential, obscure, or open to the suspicion of falsification". --LORD A HERVEY, The Geneologies of Our Lord, ch. viii, p. 195.

(*2) Ahaziah was slain by Jehu (2Kings 9:27). Joash was slain by his servants (2Kings 12:20). Amaziah was slain by the people of Jerusalem (2Kings 14:19). Thus GOD's "visiting" for idolatry was fulfilled literally "to the THIRD and FOURTH generation" (Ex. 20:4, 5). Their names were therefore "blotted out" according to Law (Deut. 29:20).

(*3) Both Jehoiakim and his son Jechoniah are alike omitted from the regal fourteen generations for first, the paramount reason that the kingdom as an independent kingdom ended with the death of Josiah at Megiddo when Judah passed under the power of Egypt, and ultimately Babylon; and secondly, in the case of Jehoiakim for "that which was found on him" (2Chron. 30:8, note), and in that of Jechoniah for the reasons given in Jer. 22:24-30. Their names are thus also blotted out according to Law.

(*4) It is held by some that Rhesa is not a proper name, but a title applying to Zorobabel. But the case is "not proven".

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