Chronology of Jesus' Life
Genealogy of Jesus Christ, According to the Gospels
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The genealogy of Jesus is described in 2 places in the gospels - once in Matthew and once in Luke. The genealogy in Luke has 15 more names than the one in Matthew, and 25 of the names differ.
They both agree, however, that Joseph is the father of Jesus - an agreement, if Jesus is supposed to be the Son of God, which is rather odd. If the writers were trying to show that Jesus was a flesh and blood descendant of David why didn't they trace the genealogy through Mary? After all, she is the biological mother of Jesus, and Joseph was only supposed to be the father by adoption.
These could not be two complimentary genealogies showing the paternal and maternal genealogical lines of Jesus - they are two speculations written by who knows who decades after the events are said to have occurred. Two differing ancestral lines cannot claim the same two sets of ancestors as their own.
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith... 1 Timothy 1:4
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