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the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Joram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
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A Savior for All Humanity
Commentators highlight that unlike Matthew's genealogy which starts with Abraham, Luke's traces Jesus' lineage all the way back to Adam. This deliberately presents Jesus as the Savior for the entire human race, the 'second Adam' who came to redeem all of humanity, not just one nation.
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The age of Jesus is given in approximate terms. He might have been in his mid-thirties. “Thirty” might also indicate that, like the priests who beg…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Luke 3:32)
Presbyterian
Matthew's list of the forefathers of Jesus showed that Christ was the son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, and heir t…
