The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ The record of the birth of Christ is clearly given in the Word of God. Matthew 1:1: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. The word “generation” is “offspring” as a part of a family tree. Jesus was the offspring of David, the son of Abraham,* the royal line of Mary. The record in Matthew gives the genealogy of Mary’s forefathers. The legality of the claims for Jesus Christ are confirmed in Matthew because of His mother’s bloodline. Mary had to be a direct descendant of the House of David or Christ’s claims fail on legal grounds. The record of Matthew 1:1 has to be the family tree of Mary’s side, she being the only human parent of Jesus Christ. At the close of the record of Joseph and Mary, Matthew gives an explanation. Matthew 1:22, 23: Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet [Isaiah], saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child. . . . Matthew very carefully records the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of Mary. “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ.” Matthew 1:1-17. (The ancestral line of Mary, the mother of Jesus.) Abraham to David (14 generations) 1. Abraham 8. Aminadab 2. Isaac 9. Naasson 3. Jacob 10. Salmon 4. Judas 11. Booz 5. Phares 12. Obed 6. Esrom 13. Jesse 7. Aram 14. David (the King) David to Carrying away to Babylon (14 generations) 1. Solomon 8. Joatham 2. Roboam 9. Achaz 3. Abia 10. Ezekias 4. Asa 11. Manasses 5. Josaphat 12. Anion 6. Joram 13. Josias 7. Ozias 14. Jechonias Carrying away to Babylon until Christ (14 generations) 1. Salathiel (born after 8. Eliud carrying away) 9. Eleazar 2. Zorobabel 10. Matthan 3. Abiud 11. Jacob 4. Eliakim 12. Joseph 5. Azor (father of Mary) 6. Sadoc 13. Mary 7. Achim 14. Jesus Matthew cannot be giving the genealogy of Joseph, the husband of Mary, which theologians have maintained throughout the years, when this Gospel states so clearly that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit.** M