Luke’s Genealogy of Jesus
Woven from seven sacred bloodlines
There are two genealogies of Jesus, one in Matthew and one in Luke.
The version from Matthew has its interesting features. For instance, the list is intentionally broken into three sections, two of fourteen names and one of thirteen. There is also Matthew’s mention of the mothers in four specific instances. Still, this article is going to focus on the somewhat longer list from Luke.
Much of Luke’s additional length is due to his genealogy going all the way back to Adam, the son of God. This accounts for twenty-one extra names, but still leaves Luke with fifty-four entries to Matthew’s forty-one.
Both lists are in agreement from Abraham to David, but then they go out of agreement until Shealtiel (Salathiel) and Zerubbabel (Zorobabel), and then they are out of harmony…
