And it's very important that Jesus for Matthew is fully a man from Israel. Therefore, Matthew begins his gospel by taking all the genealogy of Jesus; he wanted to show that Jesus was the son of ...

The gospel, according to Matthew, Chapter 1 verses 1-17 narrates the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Genealogy simply means the family tree or the account of descent from ancestors, which we can term ...

And before that, Matthew’s Gospel takes great pains to elucidate the genealogy of Jesus, listing no fewer than 40 ancestors, from Father Abraham to King David and beyond. Ironically, of course (at ...

Reading them side by side, these two definitive accounts of Jesus’ birth are quite different. One of the interesting commonalities is that both Luke and Matthew include a genealogy, an ancestral ...

So why are the genealogical trees in Matthew and Luke so different? Matthew begins his Gospel with Jesus' genealogy, while Luke places it, strangely, between Jesus' baptism and temptation.

Matthew cited the genealogy to establish the authenticity and credibility of Jesus (as if He needed any), but remember that Matthew was writing to a tough, skeptical audience. Recommended Karine ...

Chris Davis, the pastor of the church, took as his text the first 17 verses of the Gospel of Matthew, known as the genealogy of Jesus. Those verses, a long list of names that ties one generation ...

And it's very important that Jesus for Matthew is fully a man from Israel. Therefore, Matthew begins his gospel by taking all the genealogy of Jesus; he wanted to show that Jesus was the son of ...