The King Arrives
Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. Matthew 1:14 · Berean Standard Bible
More ordinary people in the long wait. They lived under Greek and then Roman rule, holding onto their identity and their hope that God would send the promised King.
These people faced pressure to abandon their Jewish faith and assimilate. Keeping the family records was itself an act of hope.
Matthew continues through the quiet generations.
We're getting closer to Jesus now. The wait is almost over, though these people didn't know it yet.
More intertestamental names continue the Davidic lineage. These figures lived during the Hellenistic period and the Maccabean revolt, yet the genealogy shows no royal pretensions.
The cultural pressure of Hellenization threatened Jewish identity during this period. Maintaining genealogical records was an act of faithfulness and hope.
Matthew, narrating the genealogical record.
The line draws closer to the time of Jesus, with each generation quietly carrying the messianic promise through foreign occupation.
12After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
14Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.
15Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
16and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Read all of Matthew 1 — 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.
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