IV.
GENEALOGY ACCORDING TO LUKE.
cLUKE III. 23-38.
c23 And Jesus himself
[Luke has been speaking about John the Baptist, he now turns to speak of
Jesus himself], when he began to teach, was about thirty
years of age [the age when a Levite entered upon God's service--Num.
iv. 46, 47], being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son
[this may mean that Jesus was grandson of Heli, or that Joseph was counted
as a son of Heli because he was his son-in-law] of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of
Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son
of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son
of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of
Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri [Matthew
calls Shealtiel the son of Jechoniah. [7] Jechoniah
may have been the natural, and Neri the legal, father of Shealtiel--Deut.
xxv. 5-10; Matt. xxii. 24], 28 the son
of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosan, the son
of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the
son
of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son
of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30
the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of
Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,
the son of Salmon [he was probably one of the two spies who
were sent to Jericho by Joshua--Josh ii. 1-24], the son
of Nahshon [he was prince of the tribe of Judah during the wanderings
in the wilderness--Num. i. 4-7; x. 14], 33
the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of
Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg,
the son of Eber [it is thought that the name "Hebrew" comes
from this man--Gen. x. 21; xl. 15; Ex. ii. 6], the son
of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan,
the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah
[the hero of the flood], the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah [who lived to be the oldest man on
record, dying when 969 years old], the son of Enoch
[whom God translated], the son of Jared, the son
of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth [the third son of
Adam], the son of Adam, the son of God [Adam
was the son of God, being not merely a creature, but a creature made in
God's image and likeness--Gen. i. 26, 27.] [8]
[FFG 7-8]
