Monday, October 6, 2014

Matthew 1:1 - 17

Matt 1:1-17 - The genealogy of Jesus.  It says there were 14 generations between Abraham and David, between David to the exile, and from the exile to Christ.

Why do they say that?  There are clearly more.

I will continue to look into this, but so far I found one interesting comment.  https://bible.org/seriespage/origins-jesus-christ-matthew-11-25 mentions that the first 14 generations takes an upward trend to David.  The second 14 generations takes a downward trend toward exile, and the third is upward again to Christ.  Somehow Matthew is showing God's sovereignty through this(?).
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  1. BruceOctober 6, 2014 at 8:17 PM

    on to the question about the 14 generations in Matthew 1:

    Here's a very long article about it: http://www.rtforum.org/lt/lt13.html

    I didn't make it through the whole thing, but here are some ideas I picked up:
    1. It was very common that Jewish genealogies contain gaps. When Jewish people say that someone begat someone, they are talking about descendants, not necessary direct children.
    2. It's possible that Matthew may have left people out because they were evil or illegitimate.
    3. Finally, Matthew was setting up a pattern for the waning and waxing of the moon. The Jewish lunar calendar was 28 days long and had powerful symbology to the Jewish people. So the moon waxed from Abraham to David, waned from David to the exile, and waxed again from the exile to Christ.

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