Quiz: The God-Man Jesus Christ

This test is a study guide that can only provide some preliminary information for a personal encounter with Christ. The purpose of human life is not just to learn about Christ, but to know Christ, to get to know Him, and to fellowship with Him.

• 1. The genealogies of Jesus Christ in the reports of Matthew and Luke differ markedly, why?
  1 It is a transcription error
  2 It does not matter because it is not important who were the fleshly ancestors of the God-Man
  3 Because of a translation problem
  4 Because the genealogies are given in descending and ascending order
  5 One genealogy represents Joseph's ancestors and the other represents Mary's ancestors
  
  Correct answer: №5
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  Educational materials: The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
  Comment:

  The Gospel of Matthew was most directly addressed to Jewish Christians; the descent of Christ, in humanity, is shown there as descended from Abraham (and David). In turn, Luke's Gospel was originally intended for Gentile Christians. Therefore, the genealogy of Christ is traced back to Adam, the ancestor of all nations in general.

  Both Matthew and Luke describe the genealogy through Joseph as the father of Jesus Christ recognised by the Law (it was not the Jewish custom to draw up genealogies through wives). Meanwhile, according to Matthew's Gospel, Joseph is descended from David through Solomon, while according to Luke's Gospel, Joseph is descended through another son of David: Nathan. This formal and seemingly incomprehensible difference is removed by the explanation that Luke lists the ancestors of the Virgin Mary, while Matthew lists the actual ancestors of Joseph.

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