1. Matthew 1:1–25 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What period does the third and final section of Matthew’s genealogy focus on?

Matthew 1:12–15 (ESV)

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

In short

The third and last section of Matthew’s genealogy reviews the history of the return from captivity up until the coming of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, to his people.

The history of the return back from captivity unto the incarnation and kingship of Jesus.1