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Luke 3:23-38
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23Now Jesus himself was about
thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought,
of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24the son of Matthat, the son
of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25the son of Mattathias, the
son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26the son of Maath, the son
of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josek, the son of Joda,
27the son of Joanan, the son
of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28the son of Melki, the son
of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29the son of Joshua, the son
of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30the son of Simeon, the son
of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31the son of Melea, the son
of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32the son of Jesse, the son
of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33the son of Amminadab, the
son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of
34the son of Jacob, the son
of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35the son of Serug, the son
of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36the son of Cainan, the son
of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37the son of Methuselah, the
son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
38the son of Enosh, the son
of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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1)
According to
verse 23 how old was Jesus when he began his ministry?
o
Jesus was about
thirty years old.
2)
Is the above genealogy
of Jesus traced through Mary or Joseph?
o
It is traced
through Mary.
3)
Why is Mary not
mentioned if the genealogy is traced through her?
o
It is because
women are not mentioned in genealogies by Jewish custom.
4)
How then do we
know that the genealogy is traced through Mary?
o
In the genealogy
in the Greek language there is a definite article before every proper name
except Joseph in verse 23 who was the husband of Mary.
o
That is the
indication.
o
That
o
It is a genealogy
traced through Mary with Joseph her husband as her proxy.
5)
Where in the genealogy
does Mary fit?
o
Joseph in verse 23
is the placeholder for Mary.
6)
Who then was the father
of Mary?
o
The father of Mary
was Heli who was referred to in verse 23.
7)
Why is the genealogy
of Jesus traced through his mother when a Jewish genealogy is supposed to be traced
through the father?
o
It is because Jesus
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Was born of a
virgin.
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And therefore had
no human father.
8)
Through which son
of David did Mary come?
o
Mary came through
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Nathan.
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The son of David in
verse 31.
9)
Through which son
of David did Joseph come according to the genealogy of Jesus in the gospel of Matthew?
o
Joseph came
through
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Solomon.
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The son of David.
o
According to the
genealogy of Jesus in the gospel of Matthew.
10)
Why is the genealogy
of Jesus traced through his adopted father Joseph in the gospel of Matthew?
o
Please refer to
the following documents for details:
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https://jewsforjesus.org/learn/the-genealogy-of-the-messiah
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Luke 3:23-38
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