Rufus wrote:
>  wrote in message
> news:cslotl$dp$1{at}nikalinux.nikaconsulting.net...
> >
> >
> >
> > Rufus wrote:
> > >  wrote in message
> > > news:cs421b$gll$1{at}nikalinux.nikaconsulting.net...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Rufus wrote:
> > > > >  wrote in message
> > > > > news:crgsut$o7s$1{at}nikalinux.nikaconsulting.net...
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rufus wrote:
> > > > > > ,snip>
> > > > > > > Jesus was descended from David on His
mother's side as
well.
> > > >
> > > > > > Interesting!    What lead you to that coclusion?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > >
> > > > > Popular speculation, more than anything else.  Luke's
geneaology
> > > > diverges
> > > > > sufficiantly from that of Matthew's that such a specualtion
has
> > been
> > > > made
> > > > > (and I think reasonably so).
> > > >
> > > > So speculation was stated  just as if it were fact.  And it was
> > second
> > > > hand speculation at that.
> > > >
> > > > There is nothing in scripture that says Mary descended from
David.
> > > > But, I know she did!   Because I dreamed last night that she
> > descended
> > > > from David, and therefore I think it reasonably could be so.
;-)
> > >
> > > Fruitless sarcasm noted.  That being said, do you have a
reasonable
> > > explanation for the divergence of the genealogies in Matthew and
> > Luke?
> > >
> > > Rufus.
> >
> > I have worked on my own genealogy.  My sources did not always
agree.
> > Luke may have had a different source for his information than did
> > Matthew.   For some reason, which I do not know,  Luke did not
choose
> > to follow exactly Matthew's account of Joseph's ancestry.
> >
> > Yes, I know some think that as the two genealogies of Joseph
differ,
> > one then must be a genealogy of Mary. They accept that speculation
as
> > convincing evidence.  The frightening thing is that those people
> > sometimes are called on for jury duty.
>
> That seems to leave us with the option that one is true while one
isn't.
> That's not a path I'm willing to take.

If I feel a path is wrong, I don't take it.  But, my taking another
wrong path instead, would not show great wisdom. I have found that when
I feel that I am not equipped to properly handle something, I would be
wise to leave it alone.

Both Matthew's gospel and Luke's gospel have genealogies that are
presented as genealogies of Joseph. I do not have the evidence to say
either Matthew's or Luke's genealogy is not a genealogy of Joseph. If I
lack the evidence needed to make a decision don't make the decision.

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