Luke 3:23-38
“Notice what you notice.” Not much today, Luke’s genealogy… I had already commented back on January 8 about some comparisons between the two accounts, Matthew’s and Luke’s. But I did notice three more small items. First, Luke has no women mentioned, while Matthew mentions four (Tamar, Ruth, Bathsheba, Mary). Why? No idea…! Second, there are two more Josephs mentioned, in addition to Mary’s husband. I might not have seen that, except that my middle name is Joseph. Finally, I counted 76 human generations named in Luke. Matthew had only 42 – three sets of 14. Nothing special about Luke’s 76 (compared to Matthew’s 42), except that if you add God as a generation you get 77 – a play on 7, the number? Go figure.
Not much today…
Slava Bohu!
One thing that is different in this geneology is Luke’s tracing it all the way back to Adam. My study notes point out how this more deeply ties Jesus to all of humanity. I like that notion…