PART III
THE TWO GENEALOGIES IN MATTHEW AND LUKE
Sect. 3. APPARENTLY JOSEPH'S GENEALOGY IN MATTHEW AND MARY'S IN LUKE[a]
Matt. 1:1-17. (_Cf._ 1 Chron. |Luke 3:23-38. (_Cf._ 1 Chron. 1:1-4, 1:34; 2:1-25; 3:1-19.) |24-28; 2:1-15; 3:17; Ruth 4:18-22.) | 1 [1]The book of the | Being the son (as was supposed) [2]generation of Jesus Christ,| of Joseph, the _son_ of Heli, the son of David, the son of |24 the _son_ of Matthat, the _son_ Abraham. | of Levi, the _son_ of Melchi, the 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and | _son_ of Jannai, the _son_ of Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob |25 Joseph, the _son_ of Mattathias, begat Judah and his brethren; | the _son_ of Amos, the _son_ of 3 and Judah begat Perez and | Nahum, the _son_ of Esli, the Zerah of Tamar; and Perez |26 _son_ of Naggai, the _son_ of begat Hezron; and Hezron begat| Maath, the _son_ of Mattathias, 4 [3]Ram; and [3]Ram begat | the _son_ of Semein, the _son_ of Amminadab; and Amminadab begat|27 Josech, the _son_ of Joda, the Nahshon; and Nahshon begat | _son_ of Joanan, the _son_ of 5 Salmon; and Salmon begat Boaz | Rhesa, the _son_ of Zerubbabel, of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed | the _son_ of [7]Shealtiel, the of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;|28 _son_ of Neri, the _son_ of 6 and Jesse begat David the | Melchi, the _son_ of Addi, the king. | _son_ of Cosam, the _son_ of And David begat Solomon of |29 Elmadam, the _son_ of Er, the her _that had been the wife_ | _son_ of Jesus, the _son_ of 7 of Uriah; and Solomon begat | Eliezer, the _son_ of Jorim, the Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat | _son_ of Matthat, the _son_ of Abijah; and Abijah begat |30 Levi, the _son_ of Symeon, the 8 [4]Asa; and [4]Asa begat | _son_ of Judas, the _son_ of Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat | Joseph, the _son_ of Jonam, the begat Joram; and Joram begat |31 _son_ of Eliakim, the _son_ of 9 Uzziah; and Uzziah begat | Melea, the _son_ of Menna, the Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz;| _son_ of Mattatha, the _son_ of 10 and Ahaz begat Hezekiah; and |32 Nathan, the _son_ of David, the Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and | _son_ of Jesse, the _son_ of Manasseh begat [5]Amon; and | Obed, the _son_ of Boaz, the 11 [5]Amon begat Josiah; and | _son_ of [8]Salmon, the _son_ of Josiah begat Jechoniah and his|33 Nahshon, the _son_ of Amminadab, brethren, at the time of the | [9]the _son_ of [10]Arni, the [6]carrying away to Bablyon. | _son_ of Hezron, the _son_ of 12 And after the [6]carrying |34 Perez, the _son_ of Judah, the away to Babylon, Jechoniah | _son_ of Jacob, the _son_ of begat [7]Shealtiel; and | Isaac, the _son_ of Abraham, the [7]Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;| _son_ of Terah, the _son_ of 13 and Zerubbabel begat Abiud; |35 Nahor, the _son_ of Serug, the and Abiud begat Eliakim; and | _son_ of Reu, the _son_ of Peleg, 14 Eliakim begat Azor; and Azor | the _son_ of Eber, the _son_ of begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat |36 Shelah, the _son_ of Cainan, the Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; | _son_ of Arphaxad, the _son_ of 15 and Eliud begat Eleazar; and | Shem, the _son_ of Noah, the Eleazar begat Matthan; and |37 _son_ of Lamech, the _son_ of 16 Matthan begat Jacob; and Jacob| Methuselah, the _son_ of Enoch, begat Joseph the husband of | the _son_ of Jared, the _son_ of Mary, of whom was born[b] | Mahalaleel, the _son_ of Cainan, Jesus, who is called Christ. |38 the _son_ of Enos, the _son_ of 17 So all the generations from | Seth, the _son_ of Adam, the Abraham unto David are | _son_ of God. fourteen generations; and from| David unto the [6]carrying | away to Babylon fourteen | generations; and from the | [6]carrying away to Babylon | unto the Christ fourteen | generations.[c] |
[Footnote 1: Or, _The genealogy of Jesus Christ_.]
[Footnote 2: Or, _birth_: as in ver. 18.]
[Footnote 3: Gr. _Aram_.]
[Footnote 4: Gr. _Asaph_.]
[Footnote 5: Gr. _Amos_.]
[Footnote 6: Or, _removal to Babylon_.]
[Footnote 7: Gr. _Salathiel_.]
[Footnote 8: Some ancient authorities write _Sala_.]
[Footnote 9: Many ancient authorities insert _the son of Admin_; and one writes _Admin_ for _Amminadab_.]
[Footnote 10: Some ancient authorities write _Aram_.]
[Footnote a: This view is not accepted by all scholars, though it is found as early as Eusebius (_Hist. Eccl._ i, 7). See note 5 at end of Harmony.]
[Footnote b: The Sinaitic Syriac, against all the early Greek manuscripts, reads in Matt. 1:16: "But Joseph, to whom the Virgin Mary was betrothed, begat Jesus." This ancient Ebionitic text is followed by Von Soden in his _Griechisches Neues Testament_ and by Moffatt in his _New Translation of the New Testament_, but it is difficult to believe it genuine, for in Matt. 1:18-22 the writer pictures Joseph as on the point of putting Mary away privily. The two reports in the Sinaitic Syriac flatly contradict each other. Those who accept it say that the writer of the Virgin Birth view in 1:18-20 overlooked 1:16 (certainly a serious oversight). It is easier to think that an Ebionitic scribe in copying altered 1:16, but passed by 1:18-20. The Ebionites denied the deity of Jesus. Both Matthew and Luke (1:26-38) give the Virgin Birth of Jesus, but they preserve separate traditions on the subject.]
[Footnote c: Observe that Matthew's three divisions of the genealogy represent three great periods in the history of Israel. See note 5 at end of Harmony for discussion of the differences between the genealogies in Matthew and in Luke.]