So all the generations from abraham to david are fourteen generations. Now, in order to appreciate what the numbers of mt 1. But matthew had to skip 3 generations to make 14 from david to the captivity in babylon, and had to skip many more to make only 14 from babylon to jesus. Matthew, designing to show that jesus was the messiah, began his genealogy at abraham, to whom the promise was originally made, that in his seed all the families of the earth should be blessed. Matthew chapter 1 kjv king james version hello onnye. Is there an error in the counting of the 14 generations in matthew. Matthews genealogy of jesus says there were three groups of 14 people from. But the succession of christs ancestors, from abraham downward, naturally resolved itself into three classes. Aig permission to publish selected chapters of this book online.
It is common for biblical writers to omit names in ancestry lists the father of can refer to a remote ancestor, and the evangelists. So, rather than salvage matthew s reputation as a theologian, brown leaves matthew s theology of 3 x 14 generations in a very precarious state. What is the significance of the genealogy of jesus in the gospel of matthew. Which gives us a total of six sevens the people reading his gospel wouldve been after that last generation, which would put them in the following generational bracket. The purpose of a genealogy is to document the proof of ancestry from the origin of the line to the person under discussion. Is there an error in the counting of the 14 generations in. The difficulties presented by the genealogies of jesus in matthew and luke, whether examined separately or. So, matthew was entirely accurate with his wording of each of the 14 generations. Using matthew s breakdown, david was listed twice, hence no contradiction, but careful wording on matthew s part. The historical meaning of the fortytwo generations in. When adding the generations, from jeconiah to christ, there are 14 generations. The numerical values of davids name adds up to 14, as has already been stated. So therefore there is roughly 600 years between abraham and david.
It goes from abraham to jesus christ and has 42 generations by the record of scripture itself. The number two with which it is combined 2x7 may, however, bring its own significance into its meaning, as it does in matthew 1, where the genealogy of jesus christ is divided up and given in sets of 14 2x7 generations. Jesus ancestry is traced back through david all the way to adam in luke. Being a multiple of 7, 14 partakes of its importance and, being double that number, implies a double measure of spiritual perfection. Home content index books of the bible matthew 14 generations. What is the significance of 14 generations in matthews. The 42 generations come from the genealogy of christ as recorded in matthew chapter one. Besides there were exactly 14 generations between abraham and david. One suggestion is that in 1 chronicles 12 there are 14 generations listed between abraham and david and from that matthew structured the rest of the genealogy according to the number 14. The people reading his gospel wouldve been after that last. What is the significance of 14 generations in matthews account of.