The Genealogies of Jesus - Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23b-38
The two genealogies of Jesus presented here are interesting. The lineage through Joseph is mostly for the Jews benefits since Jesus' father wasn't really Joseph. But, hey, the Jews trace lineage through the father so here it is. Interesting that Tamar is mentioned. Remember her from Genesis 38? And Uriah's wife is mentioned specifically, too.
The lineage through Mary is also included. These folks are actually blood relatives to the Christ (of course, nowadays, all Christians are Christ's blood relatives). I like the Mary genealogy the very poetic meter of it and the way it goes all the way back to "Seth the son of Adam the son of God." Even the kind of teasing, "He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,"
Of course, the genealogy through His true father would have been extremely short:
Jesus the son of God.
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