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Heir to the Promise
This portion of the genealogy firmly connects Jesus to the patriarchs of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Commentators explain that this establishes Jesus as the fulfillment of the covenant promises God made to the Jewish people, even as the full genealogy extends to all humanity.
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Luke
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 3:34
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…
John Gill
On Luke 3:34
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(See Gill on Luke 3:32)
Matthew Henry
On Luke 3:23–38
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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…