This
is third Gospel account of the beginnings of Jesus. We are examining them in
chronological order – Mark, Luke, Matthew and John.
David the king
begot Solomon by her who had
been the wife of Uriah. Solomon begot Rehoboam . . . And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of
whom was born Jesus who is called the Anointed One. (1:6-7)
If
you read Luke’s account, I bet you immediately saw a major difference in Matthew’s
genealogy. In Luke, Joseph was from
the line of Nathan, but in Matthew he is from Solomon’s line. Matthew’s
Joseph is a party to David’s covenant, which descendants of Nathan were not. Read complete blog at -- http://fromonejesus.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-different-beginnings-of-jesus-in_22.html
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