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My little niece Gracie is coming to visit me in the last week of November, and I'd love to surprise her parents by sending her back home being able to recite the entire genealogy of JESUS CHRIST.
The problem is I am not sure which genealogy I should make her learn. The one from Matthew or the one from Luke?
Indeed Matthew removed a few of JESUS' ancestors making it easier for a young child to memorize, but Luke's version is more complete.
MATTHEW:
David, Solomon, Roboam, Abia, Asa, Josaphat, Joram, Ozias, Joatham, Achaz, Ezekias, Manasses, Amon, Josias, Jechonias, Salathiel, Zorobabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Sadoc, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, Joseph, JESUS.
LUKE:
David, Nathan, Mattatha, Menan, Melea, Eliakim, Jonan, Joseph, Juda, Simeon, Levi, Matthat, Jorim, Eliezer, Jose, Er, Elmodam, Cosam, Addi, Melchi, Neri, Salathiel, Zorobabel, Rhesa, Joanna, Juda, Joseph, Semei, Mattathias, Maath, Nagge, Esli, Naum, Amos, Mattathias, Joseph, Janna, Melchi, Levi, Matthat, Heli, Joseph, JESUS.
I thought about making her learn both, but the names are so different that she would likely get confused and inadvertently commit a blasphemous act by changing something the Bible says, per Deuteronomy 4:2.
Another thing I'm worried about is that she is going to think that JESUS was a mere human and not miraculously conceived by a virgin when she sees that this is actually the ancestry of Joseph, listed here as JESUS' father but who was not JESUS' father.
She might then want to see the genealogy of CHRIST's biological mother, who was supposed to have been tracked by Luke, but that can't be because that would make Mary and Joseph cousins, and Mary is not mentioned at all in that bloodline.
I suppose this is why Titus 3:9 advises us to avoid genealogies.
The problem is I am not sure which genealogy I should make her learn. The one from Matthew or the one from Luke?
Indeed Matthew removed a few of JESUS' ancestors making it easier for a young child to memorize, but Luke's version is more complete.
MATTHEW:
David, Solomon, Roboam, Abia, Asa, Josaphat, Joram, Ozias, Joatham, Achaz, Ezekias, Manasses, Amon, Josias, Jechonias, Salathiel, Zorobabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Sadoc, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, Joseph, JESUS.
LUKE:
David, Nathan, Mattatha, Menan, Melea, Eliakim, Jonan, Joseph, Juda, Simeon, Levi, Matthat, Jorim, Eliezer, Jose, Er, Elmodam, Cosam, Addi, Melchi, Neri, Salathiel, Zorobabel, Rhesa, Joanna, Juda, Joseph, Semei, Mattathias, Maath, Nagge, Esli, Naum, Amos, Mattathias, Joseph, Janna, Melchi, Levi, Matthat, Heli, Joseph, JESUS.
I thought about making her learn both, but the names are so different that she would likely get confused and inadvertently commit a blasphemous act by changing something the Bible says, per Deuteronomy 4:2.
Another thing I'm worried about is that she is going to think that JESUS was a mere human and not miraculously conceived by a virgin when she sees that this is actually the ancestry of Joseph, listed here as JESUS' father but who was not JESUS' father.
She might then want to see the genealogy of CHRIST's biological mother, who was supposed to have been tracked by Luke, but that can't be because that would make Mary and Joseph cousins, and Mary is not mentioned at all in that bloodline.
I suppose this is why Titus 3:9 advises us to avoid genealogies.
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