They were reminding the reader of history by using names. Luke I would suggest, was attempting to be more thorough and wanted to emphasize Christ as the son of God, by tracing Jesus right back to Adam and ultimately God. Matthew, however, had a more specific story in mind. He was, rather, tracing a dynastic, or royal, line. He does this by highlighting David the king, and by highlighting Abraham, the father of the Israelite nation. Notice how Matthew starts out his whole book - the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David and son of Abraham.
If we look at a quick timeline, Abraham is here, David is here, the babylonian captivity is here, and Jesus is here. As you can see, Matthew is using far less names, particularly after we get to David!
The names between these two lines bear almost no similarity! Now, if the purpose is to establish Jesus in the dynasty of king David, we can also presume that there would be other elements within the genealogy to clue readers into this focus. And guess what, that is exactly what we find. Small bits of commentary.
Again, remember that genealogies tell a story. What kind of story do these annotations tell? Josephus, the important Jewish historian, highlights Jechoniah as a model of one who suffered for others - sound familiar?. Third, mentioning these women remind the readers of the scandalous nature by which the promised line continued. There is no more soap opera story in the OT than Tamar! Rahab was a prostitute! All of this sets the reader up for the scandal of Mary - a virgin woman who will claim she has conceived the child through the power of the holy spirit!
The genealogy prepares us to see that God has worked in strange ways to continue the promised line in the past already! When we put the names in columns of 14, we are one name short. There have been several options provided by scholars as to how this should be understood:. In Matthew genealogy, there are twenty-seven generations from David to Joseph, but in Luke, there are forty-two generations.
Thus, this is the main difference between Matthew and Luke Genealogy. Originally from en. She is currently reading for a Masters degree in English.
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