Jesus's genealogy: 28 generations or 41 since David?
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Matthew and Luke had different purposes for their genealogies. Matthew wrote his gospel to present Jesus as King of the Jews. Therefore, his genealogy traces Jesus' descent from Abraham (father of the Hebrew nation) through the royal line of David and Solomon. Luke presented Jesus as the Son of Man and showed his descent from Adam (the first man).
The difference in purpose explains the answer to both of your questions. The genealogies are different because Matthew gave Joseph's genealogy and Luke gave Mary's. Physically, Jesus was Mary's son, not Joseph's, so it makes sense that Luke, who stressed Jesus' humanity, would show Jesus' physical line in his genealogy. Matthew, presenting Jesus as a Jew and of the kingly line, shows Jesus' adopted father Joseph's genealogy. Wikipedia lists some possible explanations for why Luke says Joseph was the son of Heli.
The gaps are because Matthew only selectively chose noteworthy names for his genealogy; that's how we get exactly fourteen generations between Abraham and David, David and the Captivity, and the Captivity and Christ. Luke lists close to twice as many names in his genealogy because he wanted to show Jesus' humanity by specifically listing all or most of his ancestors.
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I think why you are missing the main purpose of Luke's detailed genealogy is that you are under the assumption that Christ came through Solomon. During this time Israel was still under the law of not mixing outside of Israel with foreign wives because the Messiah had to come through a pure line of Israel - Solomon did not fit this requirement as he fell away and loved many women of other lands and sired many different children that were not of pure Israel - he also started worshiping and building temples to other gods, the gods of his many wives. God could not use the line of Solomon for the Messiah to come through. The line from David BRANCHED to Nathan, the third son of David and Bathsheba - that is why Christ is called the BRANCH - He branched off from the Political King line to sit on the Heavenly Throne - come through the Priest Line that would be joined through Nathan - a son of David from which Christ would come through, not mixed and confused with foreign genealogy that were not of Israel - so you have Mary's genealogy you find both the king line and the Priest line joined - which is why Christ is KING of kings (Judah line, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah) and LORD of Lords (Priest line) the title of King and High Priest are legitimately his. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_%28son_of_David%29
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