Jesus

This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

The New Testament opens with a genealogy — and every name carries a story. Two great promises converge in one person. This is where it all comes together.

and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

The New Testament opens with a genealogy — and every name carries a story. Two great promises converge in one person. This is where it all comes together.

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire. This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was…

The most powerful person in history arrives as the most vulnerable — a baby in a feeding trough. The announcement goes to shepherds.

Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of…

John the Baptist doesn't just call for repentance — he gets specific. Tax collectors, soldiers, and crowds all hear what it costs to change.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him…

John doesn't begin with a birth story. He begins with a cosmic declaration that echoes the first line of Genesis on purpose.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

A religious leader comes at night with questions he can't ask in daylight. The conversation contains the most quoted verse in history.