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1. The two accounts of Jesus' genealogy are both through Joseph, and are a) contradictory and b) show that Jesus wasn't a true descendant of David  
 
1. The two accounts of Jesus' genealogy are both through Joseph, and are a) contradictory and b) show that Jesus wasn't a true descendant of David  
  
2. Jesus was a descendant of Jeconiah, who had been cursed to have no descendants
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2. Jesus was a descendant of Jehoiachin (also spelled Jeconiah), who had been cursed to have no descendants
  
 
==Resolution==
 
==Resolution==
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*[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/fabprof4.html Problems in the Genealogy of Jesus] Glenn Miller
 
*[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/fabprof4.html Problems in the Genealogy of Jesus] Glenn Miller
  
2. Jesus descended from Jeconiah
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2. Jesus descended from Jehoiachin
 
*[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/fabprof4.html#jekko Problems in the Genealogy of Jesus] Glenn Miller
 
*[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/fabprof4.html#jekko Problems in the Genealogy of Jesus] Glenn Miller
 
*[http://www.comereason.org/bibl_cntr/con080.asp Why Do the Gospels Have Different Genealogies?] Come Reason Ministries
 
*[http://www.comereason.org/bibl_cntr/con080.asp Why Do the Gospels Have Different Genealogies?] Come Reason Ministries
  
 
{{returnto}} [[Apologetics]] -> [[Apologetics: Scripture index|Scripture index]]
 
{{returnto}} [[Apologetics]] -> [[Apologetics: Scripture index|Scripture index]]

Revision as of 05:57, 19 September 2008

Text

Jeremiah 22:24-30

Matthew 1:1-16

Luke 3:23-38

Problem

1. The two accounts of Jesus' genealogy are both through Joseph, and are a) contradictory and b) show that Jesus wasn't a true descendant of David

2. Jesus was a descendant of Jehoiachin (also spelled Jeconiah), who had been cursed to have no descendants

Resolution

1. Contradictory genealogies

2. Jesus descended from Jehoiachin



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