Thanks Greg - I remember this, but thought gavra with a 'v'
instead. Anyway, seems like they're confusing the issue since
Matthew plainly is speaking of the generation of Jesus; whereas
Luke writes of his "supposed father". It's an understandable
Originally Posted by gregoryfl dilema IMO -- like a red herring
to distract from the true generation count of 66 names, just
like the number of books in THE WORD. They're BOTH right. Even
RAM apparently hasn't grasped the significance of Mary having no
brothers. She MUST marry into the Tribe of her father, so Luke
makes it clear that she obeyed the Law and did just that. ??
Problem Jesus has a different grandfather here in Luke
3:23(Heli) than He does in Matthew 1:16(Jacob). Which one is the
right one? Dux allows: "It is the glory of God to conceal a
thing: but the honour of kings is to search out the matter".
Pr25:2