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Savior for All Humanity
Commentators highlight that Luke's genealogy, by tracing Jesus' lineage all the way back to Adam, emphasizes a crucial truth: Jesus is the Savior for the entire human race. Unlike Matthew's genealogy which starts with Abraham to stress Jesus' Jewish identity, Luke presents Jesus as the 'second Adam,' identifying with and offering redemption to all of humanity.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 3:37
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 3:37
17th Century
Pastor
Which was the son of Mathusala The same with Methuselah; and so he is called by the Septuagint …
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…