Genealogy of Jesus

The genealogy of Jesus Christ reveals that he belongs to the House of David, which fulfills God’s promise that the Messiah would come from David’s line; this shows readers that Jesus accomplishes God’s covenants and the hopes of the Israelites. The genealogy also links him to Abraham, the original patriarch and father of the Jews. However, Jesus’ genealogy also includes sinners, cheaters, liars, and other people with questionable backgrounds, reminding readers how Jesus spent time with similar

when discussing Jesus' genealogy and this generated much controversy in the Christian world. While Matthew focused on discussing in regard to genealogy from Jesus to Abraham, Luke concentrated on relating to it from Jesus to Adam. Even with this, both individuals provided the same account when considering the lineage lasting from Abraham to David. One of the most intriguing concepts pointing toward the belief that the two religious individuals actually discuss different genealogies is the fact that

Luke's genealogy of Jesus and his birth narrative compare with the one found in Matthew's gospel is that the birth narratives in both Matthew and Luke helps their readers to know who Jesus is and where he comes from. Luke's genealogy of Jesus and his birth focuses on Mary Jesus's mother. Luke tells the story from her perspective. Luke could have found Mary and spoke to her himself, because, at that time he was in Palestine with Paul. It was Luke who recorded the annunciation to Mary, her visit to

The New Testament includes four Gospels that encompass a variety of narrative accounts relating to Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Matthew; is sequentially placed as the first book within the New Testament. Furthermore, it is a canonical account of the life of Jesus, and is recognized as one of the synoptic Gospels. These accounts are divided into twenty eight chapters that appear in the form of a parable, proverb, law, or miracle story found within modern day poetry, letters, or literary tracts. Moreover

Why the genealogy of Jesus is so different in Matthew and Luke? Lineage of Jesus had mentioned twice in the New Testament, Matthew 1 and Luke 3: 23-38. In Matthew, the genealogy of Jesus can traced back to Abraham and in Luke, Jesus traced back to Adam. However, we still have reason to believe that, Matthew and Luke are completely different lineages. For example, Matthew indicated that, Jacob is Joseph's father (Matthew 1:16), while Luke indicated that, Heli is Joseph's father (Luke 3:23). Therefore

Matthew tells the story of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew poses many different symbols, such as, genealogy and the use of Parables. A big theme within Matthew is Israel’s rejection of Jesus. As the Gospel of Matthew progresses we see the miraculous deeds of Jesus. These deeds play a big part throughout all four Gospels. COMMENTARY ABOUT AUTHOR AND TIME PERIOD The firs mention of Jesus within the Gospel of Matthew is Jesus’ Genealogy. Matthew 1:1-17 is the full genealogy of Jesus the Messiah. Matthew 1:18-24

In Matthew 1, it talks about the bible’s genealogy, about who is who’s son and the family line until the present time at that time. It not only represents the genealogy but it shows the creation of the universe and man. In the KJV version, Jesus’ name is mentioned as Jesus Christ which is the same meaning as the Messiah (Hill, 75). The genealogy of Jesus starts from verse 1 to 16. In verse 16, it is telling the part of the genealogy where Jesus comes in and has his earthly parents be introduced.

The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew and Luke are very different which can be confusing to many people because at first glance, it does not look like any of the names are the same. When I look at the names, I cannot find any of them that are alike because they are not in the same order and they do not end on the same person. In Matthew, he lists names of women while Luke does not list a single women’s name. There are, however, several different reasons from people like scholars on why this could be

virgin birth, life, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As diverse as the world-wide Christian culture can be, the birth and life of Jesus stands without border and language limitations. Each individual life story can remain factual, yet adapted to be presented to a variety of audiences-as is the case with the birth story of Jesus, the Messiah. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are an example of the well-rounded, yet diverse, narration of the birth story of Jesus-Matthew's narration spoke to the Jewish

In the Gospel of Matthew, the infancy narrative contributes a large sum of background information of Jesus that contributes to the development of Matthew’s Christology. In order to analyze how Matthew develops the Christology, we have to cut the infancy narrative into sections. This paper will discuss background information of the writing of this Gospel, literary elements of Jesus’ miraculous conception that reinforce his Jewishness, how Magi and literary devices help to understand Matthew’s Christology