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A Real, Historical Lineage
Commentators note that the names in this verse—Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, and Shelah—directly correspond to the ancestral records in Genesis. Luke's use of these specific names, often reflecting the spellings in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), grounds Jesus's lineage in established scriptural history, showing he is part of a real, traceable human family.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 3:35
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 3:35
17th Century
Pastor
Which was the son of Saruch
The Septuagint call him Serouch, the same with Serug, (Genesis 11:22[Referen…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 3:23–38
17th Century
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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…