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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(birth record). In
Hebrew
, “
book
of generations” (Gen. 5; 10;
1 Chron. 1-8; 9:1
1
So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. (1 Chronicles 9:1)
;
Matt. 1:1-17
1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
4
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
7
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
11
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:1‑17)
;
Luke 3:23-38
23
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24
Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25
Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26
Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
27
Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28
Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29
Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30
Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31
Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32
Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33
Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
34
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
35
Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
36
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
37
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
38
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. (Luke 3:23‑38)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This is given in Matthew 1 and Luke 3. According to the distinctive character of Matthew in which Christ is emphatically the
Messiah
and
Son
of
David
, the genealogy commences with
Abraham
; whereas in Luke, in which Christ is displayed as
the Son
of
Man
, the list is traced up to “
Adam
who was the
son of
God
.” Both lists are the same from Abraham to David; then they differ until they reach
Salathiel
and
Zorobabel
, which
names
are in both lists; and then they again differ. The list in Luke is much
fuller
, having from David to
Joseph
forty-one names, where Matthew has only twenty-
six
. Names are omitted from Matthew, and this enables the whole to be brought into the
three
divisions of “fourteen generations.”
Ozias
is placed as the son of
Joram
, but on consulting
1 Chronicles 3:11-12
11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, (1 Chronicles 3:11‑12)
(where for Ozias is read
Azariah
, as also in
2 Kings 14:21
21
And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. (2 Kings 14:21)
), it will be seen that three kings are omitted,
Ahaziah
,
Joash
, and
Amaziah
. Such omissions are found in the
genealogies
in the
Old
Testament
In
2 Chronicles 22:9
9
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. (2 Chronicles 22:9)
Ahaziah is called the son of
Jehoshaphat
; whereas he was his grandson; and by comparing the generations in
1 Chronicles 6:3-15
3
And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5
And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6
And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
7
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9
And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10
And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
11
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12
And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13
And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14
And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15
And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. (1 Chronicles 6:3‑15)
with
Ezra 7:1-5
1
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: (Ezra 7:1‑5)
seven
names will be found to be omitted in the latter.
It will be noted that in Matthew
the word
“begat” is used, whereas in Luke it is more indefinite.
Jesus
was “supposed” or “accounted” to be the son of Joseph, and “Joseph was of
Heli
” without the word “begat.” Again, it should be noted that by a Jewish
law
if a man died childless, his
brother
was to raise up seed to the deceased by his widow, so that a son born thus might be called the
legal
son of the deceased, whereas he would be the actual or
lineal
son of his
father
, the brother of the deceased. The list in Matthew is clearly the
royal
line; between David and Salathiel
twelve
kings are given, all of whom are omitted from Luke. Being the royal line it must also be the legal line.
There is more difficulty as to the genealogy in Luke: is it the lineal line of Joseph or
Mary
? Women are never quoted as forming a line of succession, yet Christ is spoken of as the “seed” of the
woman
(
Gen. 3:15
15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)
); “come of woman” (
Gal. 4:4
4
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, (Galatians 4:4)
); “the seed of Abraham” (
Heb. 2:16
16
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. (Hebrews 2:16)
); “the seed of David according to
flesh
” (
Rom. 1:3
3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; (Romans 1:3)
;
2 Tim. 2:8
8
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: (2 Timothy 2:8)
); “the offspring of David” (
Rev. 22:16
16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)
). And as the
Lord
was not really the son of Joseph, these scriptures can only be fulfilled through His
mother
, who must have been a lineal descendant of David and Abraham. It is better therefore to consider that Luke gives the lineal descent of the Lord through Mary. In accordance with the above it will be seen that Matthew in speaking of the birth of the Lord frequently mentions Joseph, seldom Mary; whereas Luke frequently mentions Mary, but seldom Joseph.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
1076
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
γενεαλογία
Transliteration:
genealogia
Phonic:
ghen-eh-al-og-ee’-ah
Meaning:
from the same as
1075
; tracing by generations, i.e. "genealogy"
KJV Usage:
genealogy
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