IV.
Genealogy According to Luke.
C Luke III. 23–38.
c 23 And Jesus himself [Luke has been speaking about
John the Baptist, he now turns to speak of Jesus himself], when he
began to teach, was about thirty
years of age [the age when a Levite entered upon God's
service—Num. iv. 46, 47],
being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the
son [this may mean that Jesus was grandson of Heli, or that
Joseph was counted as a son of Heli because he was his son-in-law] of
Heli, 24 the son of
Matthat, the son of Levi, the
son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the
son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the
son of Nahum, the son
of Esli, the son of
Naggai, 26 the son
of Maath, the son of Mattathias,
the son of Semein, the
son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri [Matthew calls Shealtiel the
son of Jechoniah.
8Jechoniah may have been the natural, and Neri the
legal, father of Shealtiel—Deut. xxv.
5–10; Matt. xxii. 24], 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the
son of Cosan, the son
of Elmadam, the son
of Er, 29 the son
of Jesus, the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim, the
son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the
son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the
son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the
son of Boaz, the son
of Salmon [he was probably one of the two spies who were sent
to Jericho by Joshua—Josh ii.
1–24], the son
of Nahshon [he was prince of the tribe of Judah during the
wanderings in the wilderness—Num. i.
4–7; x. 14], 33 the
son of Amminadab, the son
of Arni, the son of
Hezron, the son of Perez, the
son of Judah, 34
the son of Jacob, the
son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the
son of Serug, the son of Reu, the
son of Peleg, the son
of Eber [it is thought that the name “Hebrew”
comes from this man—Gen. x. 21; xl. 15; Ex.
ii. 6], the son
of Shelah, 36 the
son of Cainan, the son
of Arphaxad, the son
of Shem, the son of Noah
[the hero of the flood], the son
of Lamech, 37 the
son of Methuselah [who lived to be the oldest man on
record, dying when 969 years old], the
son of Enoch [whom God translated], the
son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the
son of Enos, the son of Seth [the third son of Adam]
, the son of Adam, the
son of God [Adam was the son of
God, being not merely a creature, but a creature made in God's image and
likeness—Gen. i. 26, 27.]
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