The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

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Abraham = "father of a multitude".  the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation
Isaac = "to laugh".  the son of Abraham and Sarah

Jacob = "heel-catcher or supplanter".
1. was the second son of Isaac
2. the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary

Judah or Judas = "he shall be praised"
1) the fourth son of Jacob
2) an unknown ancestor of Christ
3) a man surnamed the Galilean, who at the time of the census of Quirinus, excited the revolt in Galilee, Act 5:37
4) a certain Jew of Damascus, Act 9:11
5) a prophet surnamed Barsabas, of the church at Jerusalem, Act 15:22,27,32
6) the apostle, John 14:22, who was surnamed Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, and according to opinion wrote the Epistle of Jude.
7) the half-brother of Jesus, Mat 13:55
8) Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus

Pharez = "a breach".  the son of Judah and Tamar, his daughter-in-law
Zara = "a rising (as the sun)".  the son of Judah, ancestor of Christ
Tamar = "palm tree".  the wife of the two sons of Judah, Er and Onan.
Esrom or Hezron or Hesron = "enclosed".  the son of Reuben, and ancestor of the Hezronites
Aram or Ram = "high".  an ancestor of Christ
Amminadab = "one of the prince's people".  an ancestor of Christ
Nahshon = "enchanter".  an ancestor of Christ
Salmon = "raiment: a garment".  the father of Boaz in the genealogy of Christ
Rahab = "wide".  a harlot of Jericho
Boaz = "in him is strength".  a kinsman of Ruth, afterwards her second husband
Ruth = "a female friend".  the ancestor of David and of Christ
Obed = "serving".  the grandfather of king David
Jesse = "wealthy".  the father of David the king
David =  second king of Israel, and ancestor of Jesus Christ
Solomon = "peaceful".  the son of David and was the wisest and richest king that ever lived
Rehoboam = "enlarger of the people".  the son of Solomon by an Ammonite princess Naamah

Abijah = "my father is Jah (Jehovah)"
1. a priest, the head of a priestly family from whom when David divided the priests into 24 classes, Abia was the 8th order
2. son and successor to Rehoboam on the throne of Judah


Asa = "physician, or cure".  son of Abijah and king of Judah
Jehoshaphat = "whom Jehovah judges".  the king of Judah, son of Asa
Jehoram = "whom Jehovah has exalted".  the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, succeeded his father on the throne of Judah
Uzziah = "strength of Jehovah".  son of Amaziah, king of Judah from B.C. 810 – 758
Jotham = "Jehovah is upright".  the son of King Uzziah or Azariah and Jerusha
Ahaz = "possessor".  the eleventh king of Judah, son of Jotham
Hezekiah = "the might of Jehovah".  the twelfth king of Judah

Manasseh = "forgetting".
1. the first born son of Joseph
2. the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah

Amos = "burden".  an ancestor of Christ
Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals".  king of Judah, who restored among the Jews the worship of the true God, and after a reign of thirty one years was slain in battle about 611 BC
Jeconiah or Jehoiachin = "whom Jehovah establishes".  was the son of Jehoiakim, and for three months and ten days king of Judah until Nebuchadnezzar carried him into captivity (597 BC)
Shealtiel = "I have asked of God".  the son of Jeconiah in the genealogy of Christ
Zerubbabel = "born at Babel, i.e. Babylon".  the head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from Babylonish captivity in the first year of Cyrus
Abiud = "my father is majesty".  the son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chron 8:3)

Eliakim = "raising up by God"
1. the eldest son of Abiud or Judah, bother of Joseph, and father of Azor Mat 1:13
2. son of Melea, and father of Jonan Luke 3:30,31

Azor = "helper".  A son of Eliakim, in the line of our Lord. Mat 1:13,14.
Sadoc = "just".  a descendant of Zerubbabel in the genealogy of Christ
Achim = "the Lord will establish".  one of the ancestors of Christ, his name is not mentioned in the OT
Eliud = "God his Praise".  the son of Achim in the genealogy of Christ. Mat 1:15
Eleazar = "help of God".  one of the ancestors of Christ
Matthan = "gift".  one of Christ's ancestors
Jacob = "heel-catcher or supplanter".
1. was the second son of Isaac
2. the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary

Joseph = "let him add"
1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob
2. the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ, Luke 3:30
3. the son of Judah [or Judas; better Joda] another ancestor of Jesus, Luke 3:26
4. the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ, Luke 3:24
5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus
6. a half-brother of Jesus Mat 13:55
7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favoured Jesus. Mat 27:57,59; Mar 15:43,45
8. Joseph surnamed Barnabas Act 4:36
9. Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus, Act 1:23

Mary or Miriam = "their rebellion"
1. Mary the mother of Jesus
2. Mary Magdalene, a women from Magdala
3. Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha
4. Mary of Cleophas the mother of James the less
5. Mary the mother of John Mark, a sister of Barnabas
6. Mary, a Roman Christian who is greeted by Paul in Rome 16:6

Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation"
1. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate
2. Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ
3. Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Act 7:45, Heb 4:8)
4. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29)
5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Colos 4:11)

Christ = "anointed"
1. Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God
2. anointed

Bekasi, 23 Nop 2015


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