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the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, Luke 3:29 · Berean Standard Bible
The ancestry continues through Joshua, Eliezer, Jorim, Matthat, and Levi—faithful people who lived during Israel's kingdom years.
Even during centuries of political upheaval and spiritual decline, God was faithfully preserving the family line that would bring Jesus into the world.
Luke continues the genealogy through the era of Israel's kings.
Kings rose and fell, prophets came and went, but the thread of God's promise kept weaving through ordinary families, generation after generation.
The genealogy continues: the son of Joshua, Eliezer, Jorim, Matthat, Levi. These names represent the monarchical period of Judah's history.
The continuing list of ancestors through the divided kingdom era shows God's faithfulness through political turmoil, idolatry, and prophetic judgment.
Luke records further generations in the genealogical sequence.
Through the turbulent centuries of divided monarchy, civil war, and idolatry, God quietly sustained the lineage that would one day produce the Messiah.
27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
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