Genealogy of David: The Lineage From Abraham to Jesus (Bible Study) (2024)

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What was the lineage of Jesus from Abraham to David? ›

From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.

Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ."

David and Jesus are related via prophecy fulfillment. Let us focus on the “throne of David” Jesus would sit on. In the Old Testament times, David was anointed at the age of thirty and he reigned forty years. Jesus, the prophetic David, was baptized at the age of thirty and began His ministry.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.

The genealogies of our Lord in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 state very clearly that Jesus' human ancestry is traced to King David (Matthew 1: 6; Luke 3:31).

The genealogy further teaches us that Christ entered the stream of humanity for all people — Jews and Gentiles alike. The Creator became incarnate. He fully took on flesh, made Himself of no reputation, and humbled Himself, submitting to the death of the cross (Phil. 2:7–8).

First of all, the family tree is what was prophesied about Jesus – that He would be from the “stem” of Jesse, David's father (Isaiah 11:1). If you were to look at the family tree, that prophesy would absolutely be fulfilled since Joseph was from that line of descendants and was the parent of Jesus.

It is believed that King David ruled from 1010 B.C. to 970 B.C., and that King David lived for seventy years. Jesus is believed to have been born near 4 B.C. This means that there may have been just over one thousand years between King David and Jesus.

Therefore, Mary was also from the house and lineage of David since she descended from David's son Nathan. The lineage of Joseph and the lineage of Mary match with the same names from Abraham to David. Joseph and Mary were distant cousins.

Because although a sinner David put in a lot of effort to be obedient to God's Word, and was humble enough to repent and ask for forgiveness when he sinned.

How many years were there between Abraham and Jesus? ›

Abraham lived some 2,000 years before Jesus' birth on earth. Jesus lived even before that faithful patriarch walked the earth.

It doesn't sound very likely. Moses was of the tribe of Levi and of course all his sons and daughters were of the tribe of Levi. The promised messiah will be of the tribe of Judah, a completely different 'lineage'.

For a genealogy of David, you can read Matthew. Short answer though is David was the son of Jesse, who was a descendant of Obed and Ruth (a Moabitess (read Ruth in the Old Testament). Obed was from the tribe of Judah, who was the son of Jacob (Israel), who was the son of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham.

Matthew begins by calling Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and also son of Abraham, indicating that he was an Israelite; both are stock phrases, in which son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham.

Abraham lived prior to David.

Matthew began Jesus' lineage with Abraham and named each father in 41 generations ending in Matthew 1:16: “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.” Joseph descended from David through his son Solomon.

Abraham lived some 2,000 years before Jesus' birth on earth. Jesus lived even before that faithful patriarch walked the earth.

Another possible explanation for the two different genealogies is that Matthew presents a royal or legal genealogy, while Luke gives a physical, or actual, genealogy. In other words, Matthew lists the official line of Davidic kings, not Jesus' actual ancestors. His point is to show that Joseph is related to that line.