The Genealogy of Jesus

1. The genealogy of Jesus is listed in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38. Who are the authors? What do you know about them? Where can you get trusted information?

2. Here is Matthew's account of the genealogy of Jesus. Matthew 1:17 explains the organization of his account and a table has been made to ease the tracking of all the names. List all of your observations of the account – what do you learn?

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David the king.
David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations. (Matt 1:1-17, NKJV)

Abraham to David		David to Babylonian Captivity		Captivity to Jesus Christ
1. Abraham	8. Amminadab	1. David (Bathsheba)	8. Uzziah	1. Jeconiah	8. Achim
2. Isaac	9. Nahshon	2. Solomon	9. Jotham	2. Shealtiel	9. Eliud
3. Jacob	10. Salmon (Rahab)	3. Rehoboam	10. Ahaz	3. Zerubbabel	10. Eleazar
4. Judah (Tamar)	11. Boaz (Ruth)	4. Abijah	11. Hezekiah	4. Abihud	11. Matthan
5. Perez	12. Obed	5. Asa	12. Manasseh	5. Eliakim	12. Jacob
6. Hezron	13. Jesse	6. Jehoshaphat	13. Amon	6. Azor	13. Joseph (Mary)
7. Ram	14. David the king	7. Joram	14. Josiah	7. Zadok	14. Jesus Christ

3. Just as for Matthew's account, Luke's account can be seen with a table to make observations of the text easier. What do you see and learn?

Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. (Luke 3:23-38, NKJV)

1. Jesus	14. Maath	27. Elmodam	40. Menan	53. Judah	66. Shem
2. Joseph	15. Mattathiah	28. Er	41. Mattathah	54. Jacob	67. Noah
3. Heli	16. Semei	29. Jose	42. Nathan	55. Isaac	68. Lamech
4. Matthat	17. Joseph	30. Eliezer	43. David	56. Abraham	69. Methuselah
5. Levi	18. Judah	31. Jorim	44. Jesse	57. Terah	70. Enoch
6. Melchi	19. Joannas	32. Matthat	45. Obed	58. Nahor	71. Jared
7. Janna	20. Rhesa	33. Levi	46. Boaz	59. Serug	72. Mahalalel
8. Joseph	21. Zerubbabel	34. Simeon	47. Salmon	60. Reu	73. Cainan
9. Mattathiah	22. Shealtiel	35. Judah	48. Nahshon	61. Peleg	74. Enosh
10. Amos	23. Neri	36. Joseph	49. Amminadab	62. Eber	75. Seth
11. Nahum	24. Melchi	37. Jonan	50. Ram	63. Shelah	76. Adam
12. Esli	25. Addi	38. Eliakim	51. Hezron	64. Cainan	77. God
13. Naggai	26. Cosam	39. Melea	52. Perez	65. Arphaxad

4. How do the accounts of Matthew and Luke contrast and differ?

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