| Matthew 1:18 | Luke 3:23 |
| 1 – David | 1 – David 29 – Matathi’as |
| 2 – Solomon | 2 – Nathan 30 – Ma’ath |
| 3 – Rehobo’am | 3 – Mat’tatha 31 – Nag’ga-i |
| 4 – Abi’jah | 4 – Menna 32 – Esli |
| 5 - Asa | 5 – Me’-le-a 33 – Nahum |
| 6 – Jehosh’aphat | 6 – Eli’akim 34 – Amos |
| 7 – Joram | 7 – Jonam 35 – Mattathi’as |
| 8 – Uzzi’ah | 8 – Joseph 36 – Joseph |
| 9 – Jotham | 9 – Juda 37 – Jan’na-I |
| 10 – Ahaz | 10 – Simeon 38 – Melchi |
| 11 – Hezeki’ah | 11 – Levi 39 – Levi |
| 12 – Manas’she | 12 – Matthat 40 – Matthat |
| 13 – Amos | 13 – Jorim 41 – Heli |
| 14 – Josi’ah | 14 – Elie’zer 42 – Joseph |
| 15 – Jechoni’ah | 15 – Joshua 43 – Jesus |
| 16 – Al’ti-el | 16 – Er |
| 17 – Zerub’babel | 17 – Elma’dam |
| 18 – Abi’ud | 18 – Cosam |
| 19 – Eli’akim | 19 – Addi |
| 20 – Azor | 20 – Melchi |
| 21 – Zadok | 21 – Neri |
| 22 – Achim | 22 – Sheal’ti-el |
| 23 – Eli’ud | 23 – Zerub’babel |
| 24 – Elea’zar | 24 – Rhesa |
| 25 – Matthan | 25 – Jo-an’an |
| 26 – Jacob | 26 – Joda |
| 27 – Joseph | 27 – Josech |
| 28 – Jesus | 28 – Sem’e-in |
[Matt 1:6 ] Matthew describes Joseph as son of Jacob.
[Luke 3:23] Luke says Joseph son of Heli.
[Luke 3:31] Luke puts him into the line of Nathan, the son of David.
[Matt 1:12] From Matthew we learn that Salathiel was the son of Jeconias.
We read in Matthew that "Zorobabel begat Abiud," while Luke says, "which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel." What is more surprising and rather interesting for the reader to know is that I Chronicles mentions all the names of the sons of Zorobabel, and neither Rhesa nor Abiud appear. It appears that both names are false. [Matt 1:13 Luke 3:27]
According to Matthew there are twenty-six generations from David to
Jesus, while Luke cites the amount to be forty. [Matt 1:18, Luke 3:23]
Maulana Kiranvi, in his book, "The Truth Revealed," gives further explanation saying that Matthew claims that the ancestors of Jesus, right from David to the exile of the Israelites, were all kings of great repute, while Luke says that except David and Nathen, none of them were kings. They were not even known as prominent personalities of their time. Therefore Matthew has mentioned the name of all the famous kings while in Luke they are totally different names of unknown personalities.
As the period of time between David and Jesus is one thousand years, the gap from one generation to another according to Matthew is forty years and according to Luke twenty-five years. This contradiction is so clear that it requires no comment. It has been a cause of great embarrassment to the Christian theologians and scholars from the very inception of these two Gospels.
A group of scholars like Eichhorn, Kaiser, Heins, De Wett, Winner Fritsche and others have plainly admitted that these two Gospels do really contain contradictions of an unjustifiable nature. Just as the two Gospels contain discrepancies in other places, so here too, they are different from each other. Had they been free from discrepancies throughout, some justification for the difference in genealogical description might have been found.
In comparison to this, although members of I`sa’s ancestral line have been mentioned throughout the Quran at different locations, the Quran has clearly stated I`sa’s genealogy with no contradictions and discrepancies whatsoever. In the Bible Jesus has been shown to be descended from great Kings, whereas The Quran links him with great prophets.
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