Matthew 1:1 ¶ The book of
the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob;
and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 3
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and
Esrom begat Aram; 4 And Aram begat
Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz
begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that
had been the wife of Urias; 7 And
Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat
Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 9 And
Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses
begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 11
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were
carried away to Babylon: 12 And after
they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat
Zorobabel; 13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud;
and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; 14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim;
and Achim begat Eliud; 15 And Eliud
begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 16 And Jacob begat
Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are
fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are
fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are
fourteen generations.
Compare 1:1 with the following book of genealogy.
Genesis 5:1 This is the
book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the
likeness of God made he him;
Now, look at Luke’s genealogy in chapter 3 of that gospel going
backwards from Jesus through Joseph. It is commonly noted that Luke’s genealogy
starts with Mary and Joseph, as the text says, was presumed to be Jesus father
in the sense of the world. Her genealogy goes backwards all the way to Adam
connecting Christ with Adam as the Saviour of all mankind. Matthew’s genealogy
would then be Joseph’s genealogy, from Abraham, the first Hebrew, to Joseph
connecting Jesus under the Law as the Saviour of the Jewish people
specifically. Think of Joseph adopting Jesus as his son with full rights of
being a legal heir which would give this perfect meaning. Both Joseph and Mary
come from the line of David but through a different son of David; Mary through
Nathan and Joseph through Solomon.
Jesus is called the son of David. The son of David denotes that
Jesus, in the flesh, is a descendant of David and then it says son of Abraham
as David and Jesus are also descendants of Abraham in the flesh. The lowercase
“s” indicates a descendant.
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