马太福音-Matthew 1章1节
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耶稣基督，大卫的子孙，亚伯拉罕子孙的家谱： The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: |
Enlightenment:
The genealogy in Matthew begins with Abraham, but the genealogy in Luke goes back to Adam. Matthew does not cover Adam and his descendants, but Luke does. What is the meaning of this difference? Luke is a book of God’s salvation, whereas Matthew is a book of the kingdom. God’s salvation is for the created and fallen race represented by Adam, but the kingdom of the heavens is only for God’s chosen people, the called race represented by Abraham. Therefore, Matthew starts from Abraham, but Luke traces the genealogy back to Adam.
亮光
马太福音的家谱开始于亚伯拉罕，但路加福音的家谱却回溯到亚当。马太没有题到亚当和他的后裔，路加却有。这个差别有什么意思？路加福音是说到神救恩的书，而马太福音是说到国度的书。神的救恩是为着亚当所代表，受造并堕落的族类，但诸天之国只是为着神所拣选的人，就是亚伯拉罕所代表蒙召的族类。所以，马太福音从亚伯拉罕开始，但路加福音却追溯到亚当。