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Alleged Biblical Inconsistencies: Another Genealogy Issue

05.19.2010 · Posted in Bible, New Testament, apologetics, exegesis, liberalism

MT 1:17 There were twenty-eight generations from David to Jesus. LK 3:23-38 There were forty-three. Is this truly an issue of an inconsistency or discrepancy? Could it be that the Biblical writers wrote with a purpose? Could that purpose not necessitate a strict listing of every person in the lineage of Jesus? We have already ...