{"id":10311,"date":"2021-02-09T11:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/?p=10311"},"modified":"2021-02-09T11:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:36:18","slug":"luke-323-28-do-matthew-and-lukes-genealogies-contradict-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/luke-323-28-do-matthew-and-lukes-genealogies-contradict-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke 3:23-28 Do Matthew and Luke\u2019s genealogies contradict each other?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Problem:<\/strong> Matthew and Luke both write a genealogy for Jesus, but these are different from one another. Once Matthew and Luke reach David, they diverge from one another rapidly. Matthew has 26 names and Luke has 41 names (between David and Jesus).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Solution:<\/strong> It is not at all uncommon to find genealogies differing in length. The purpose of a genealogy was to show descent, so the Jewish scribe would often skip multiple generations to show the ultimate lineage to a key figure in history. For instance, Aaron\u2019s high priestly genealogy is this way (compare 1 Chron. 6:3-14 with Ezra 7:1-5). Ezra jumps from the 8th name to the 15th name.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew and Luke agree on Jesus\u2019 ultimate ancestors (e.g. David, Abraham, etc.), but they emphasize others in their genealogies because they were writing to different audiences. We can compare their emphases in this way:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10312\" src=\"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lukegen.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lukegen.webp 988w, https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lukegen-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lukegen-768x462.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem: Matthew and Luke both write a genealogy for Jesus, but these are different from one another. Once Matthew and Luke reach David, they diverge from one another rapidly. Matthew has 26 names and Luke has 41 names (between David and Jesus).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-errors","category-jesus","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}