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Why is Jesus' genealogy traced through Joseph?
Why is Jesus' genealogy in Matthew and Luke traced back to David through Joseph if Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit?
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In Theistic Evolution when do the genealogies in Genesis become real?
In Genesis there is the genealogy of Adam to Noah, then the account of the flood. After that is the genealogy of Noah to Abraham. The accounts of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's sons then follow. ...
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Who was St. Joseph's Father? The New Testament seems to give two answers
Matthew 1:16 (NASB)
16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.
Luke 3:23 (ESV)
23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about ...
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What is the purpose of describing who is son of who?
In many excerpts of the Bible one can find an extended description of a person and his respective descendents. What's the purpose of this? Is it supposed to give an idea of how much time passed ...
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What is the theological import behind genealogies?
So, several places in the bible are just lists of names:
Genesis 5
I Chronicles 1 - 10
Matthew 1
Luke 3
all come to mind.
In Matthew 1, in particular, I have pulled sermons out of the only four ...
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When 1 Timothy cautions against “endless geneologies”, is it talking about the Bible?
It seems that at the time that 1 Timothy was written, "certain people" had become much too interested in genealogies:
1 Timothy 1:3-4
3 I repeat the request I made of you when I was on my way to ...
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Jesus's genealogy: 28 generations or 41 since David?
These questions keep me wondering:
Firstly, how is it possible that Matthew and Luke came up with completely different genealogies of Jesus's ancestors, if they are both following the masculine line?
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Is the genealogy in Matthew a complete Genealogy, or did he abreviate it for a specific reason?
The genealogy in Matthew 1 lists the names in 3 groups - From Abraham to David, David to the Exile, The Exile to Jesus.
I'm just interested to know is this a complete family history for Jesus, or is ...
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Why do Matthew and Luke contain genealogies of Jesus, while Mark and John do not?
Both Matthew and Luke contain genealogies of Jesus, Matthew to Abraham, and Luke to Adam. However, neither Mark nor John contain genealogies. What is the reason for this--both for why Matthew and ...
