According to Eusebius in his “The History of the Church” in Book I section 7 , he explains the discrepancy. One is a list by* natural* descent, another by Jewish legal descent. Both Mary and Joseph were of the same tribe according to his view.
Wow Thanks!According to Eusebius in his “The History of the Church” in Book I section 7 , he explains the discrepancy. One is a list by* natural* descent, another by Jewish legal descent. Both Mary and Joseph were of the same tribe according to his view.
Another explanation might be one is Joseph’s genealogy, the other Mary’s.
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“The is no consensus regarding the date when Matthew was written. Most interpreters place its composition in the 80’s or 90’s of the first century, while some prefer to date it in the 50s or 60s. All things considered, a date in the middle of the first century seems more likely than a date near the end of the first century. Two major factors underlie this judgment. (1) Matthew records two sayings of Jesus that predict the fall of Jerusalem, one that refers to the burning of the city (22:7) and one that foretells the demolition of the Temple (24:2). Both predictions were fulfilled when Jerusalem fell before the conquering Romans in the year 70. Significantly, there is no indication in the Gospel that this catastrophe had yet occurred, even though Matthew makes a point to stress how events of the past have a lasting significance for the Church in his day (27:8; 28:15). (2) Matthew refers to the Sadducees seven times, more frequently than the other Gospels combined (two times). He makes it a point to underscore, not only their opposition to Jesus, but also the danger their teaching poses to disciples (3:7; 16:1, 6, 11-12; 22:23, 34). Assuming that Matthew wrote with an eye to the situation of his audience, it is reasonable to suppose that his readers were threatened by the persecution and propaganda of the Sadducees, whose opposition to Christianity is historically documented in the NT (Acts 4:1-3; 5:17-18; 23:6). Of course, a similar inference can be made regarding the Pharisees, who also appear frequently in Matthew and come up for even more severe criticism (see 23:1-36). But there is a difference between the two that impinges on the question of dating: whereas the Pharisees were locked in a struggle with the Church throughout the first century, the Sadducees were a factor to be reckoned with only in the decades between A.D. 30 and 70, for the sect was entirely wiped out with the Roman conquest of Jerusalem. Hence, though it remains difficult to fix a precise date for the Gospel of Matthew, there is good reason to think that it was composed before the critical date of A.D. 70.” - Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, Introduction to the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, pages 3-4