The Book of the Torah was found in the temple while the money being used for the repair of the temple was being brought out (2 Chr. 34:14). This happened in the 18th year of the reign of good… Read More ›
Structure
The Threefold Structure of Matthew 1:2-16 – Part 3
We finished the previous post with a summary diagram of the pattern that I suggest Matthew is using to divide the forty births of vs. 2-16 into the three groups of v. 17. In this post I wish to make one or two… Read More ›
The Threefold Structure of Matt. 1:2-16 – Part 2
In the first part of this extended post, I tried to show that David’s accession to the throne and Jechonias’ departure for Babylon form the two key points in the time line of Matthew’s “genealogy” (“birthology?”) of Christ in Matt…. Read More ›
The Threefold Structure of Matt. 1:2-16 – Part 1
I have been suggesting that a possible solution (I will be suggesting another solution later also!) to the “missing generation” problem in Matthew’s genealogy of Christ is that Matthew’s three groups of 14 “generations” (in v.17) are actually three groups of… Read More ›
“Now all the births from Abraham to David: fourteen births . . . ” (Matt. 1:17)
In a previous post, I suggested that one possible solution to the “missing generation” problem in Matthew’s genealogy of Christ is that the “generations” that Matthew speaks of in Matt. 1:17 are the 40 births or begettings from Abraham to Christ described… Read More ›
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