Genealogy

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7 questions

• QRegarding the genealogy of Our Lord Jesus Christ, as written by St. Luke, chapter 3, could you please explain it?
• QAccording to the Law of Moses, Boaz married Ruth to perpetuate her dead husband’s name. How come Obeid is mentioned in the Bible as Boaz’s son?
• QAccording to Luke 1:5, St. Elizabeth was from the daughters of Aaron from the tribe of Levi. According to Mathew 1, St. Joseph, and therefore St. Mary, were from the…
• QWhy is the difference between the two genealogies in the Gospels of Mathew and Luke concerning Solomon/Nathan?
• QI want to know how were St. Mary and St Joseph relatives? Is it written somewhere?
• QWhy do we call Jesus, “the Son of David” from the tribe of Judah? Jesus is the Son of God, so what does it mean that He is the Son of David? Does it mean that St. Mary is…
• QIn their gospels, both St. Mathew and St. Luke both named Boaz as the father of Obed, although despite being the biological father according to the Jewish customs, Obed…

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