He was a legitimate claimant to the throne of Israel. The end result is two distinct genealogies. Some argue that either Matthew or Luke got it wrong. They created or borrowed a genealogy in order to provide Jesus with a legitimate ancestry.
Or they accuse later Christians for artificially creating a genealogy to provide Jesus with a Davidic lineage after the fact. Yet there are three other possible explanations for the two different genealogies. Luke tells the story from her perspective. This proposal is sometimes linked to the judgment pronounced against the line of Solomon by Jeremiah, who prophesied that no descendant of Jehoiakim Jeremiah or his son Jechoniah Jeremiah —30 would sit on the throne of David.
Jesus avoided this judgment because he was the legal descendant—i. Another possible explanation for the two different genealogies is that Matthew presents a royal or legal genealogy, while Luke gives a physical, or actual, genealogy.
His point is to show that Joseph is related to that line. In every case of alleged contradiction, further investigation has yielded additional evidence that exonerates the Bible and further verifies its inerrancy. Lyons, When one places the two genealogical lists side by side, several factors become immediately apparent that combine to dispel the appearance of conflict.
First, Matthew reported the lineage of Christ only back to Abraham; Luke traced it all the way back to Adam. Third, the two genealogical lines parallel each other from Abraham to David. A fifth factor that must be recognized is that the two lines paternal and maternal link together in the intermarriage of Shealtiel and Zerubbabel. But the linkage separates again in the two sons of Zerubbabel—Rhesa and Abiud. Notice also that he is the 14th name in the list.
But more than that, counting David twice is exactly how Matthew tells us to count the genealogy. When reading v. This gives us 14 names in each section, with David being counted twice.
Finally, the last piece of evidence that supports counting David twice is the number 14 itself. It seems clear from v.
Most commentators believe it is because of something called gematria, where letters of the alphabet represent numbers. In this case, the Hebrew letter dalet is the 4th in the Hebrew alphabet, and vav is the 6th. This is why 14 is highlighted and it is why Matthew chose to structure the genealogy the way he did. Biblical Greek Made Simple. Surviving and Thriving in Seminary. Matthew's Presentation of the Son of David.
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