Jesus >> The genealogy of Jesus
| Matthew 1:6-16 | Luke 3:23-31 |
|---|---|
| David | David |
| Solomon | Nathan |
| Rehoboam | Mattatha |
| Abijah | Menna |
| Asaph | Melea |
| Jehoshaphat | Eliakim |
| Joram | Jonam |
| Uzziah | Joseph |
| Jotham | Judah |
| Ahaz | Simeon |
| Hezekiah | Levi |
| Manasseh | Matthat |
| Amos | Jorim |
| Josiah | Eliezer |
| Jechoniah | Joshua |
| Salathiel | Er |
| Zerubbabel | Elmadam |
| Abiud | Cosam |
| Eliakim | Addi |
| Azor | Melchi |
| Zadok | Neri |
| Achim | Shealtiel |
| Eliud | Zerubbabel |
| Eleazar | Rhesa |
| Matthan | Joanan |
| Jacob | Joda |
| Joseph | Josech |
| Jesus | Semein |
| Mattathias | |
| Maath | |
| Naggai | |
| Esli | |
| Nahum | |
| Amos | |
| Mattathias | |
| Joseph | |
| Jannai | |
| Melchi | |
| Levi | |
| Matthat | |
| Heli | |
| Joseph | |
| Jesus |
"The history of Jesus Christ is contained in the four books ascribed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first chapter of Matthew begins with giving a genealogy of Jesus Christ; and in the third chapter of Luke, there is also given a genealogy of Jesus Christ. Did those two agree, it would not prove the genealogy to be true, because it might, nevertheless, be a fabrication; but as they contradict each other in every particular, it proves falsehood absolutely. If Matthew speaks truth, Luke speaks falsehood, and if Luke speaks truth, Matthew speaks falsehood; and as there is no authority for believing one more than the other, there is no authority for believing either; and if they cannot be believed even in the very first thing they say and set out to prove, they are not entitled to be believed in any thing they say afterward ... If they cannot be believed in their account of his natural genealogy, how are we to believe them when they tell us he was the son of God begotten by a ghost, and that an angel announced this in secret to his mother? If they lied in one genealogy, why are we to believe them in the other? If his natural genealogy be manufactured, which it certainly is, why are we not to suppose that his celestial genealogy is manufactured also, and that the whole is fabulous?" (Paine, 1795)
- Paine, T. (1795). The Age of Reason. Retrieved September 6, 2011, from Christianity Disproved: http://www.christianitydisproved.com/the-age-of-reason-by-thomas-paine/the-new-testament.html.