1. Matthieu 1:1–25 (NEG79)
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Why does the second part of Matthew’s genealogy focus on the royal house of David?

Matthieu 1:6 (NEG79)

6 Obed engendra Isaï; Isaï engendra David.Le roi David engendra Salomon de la femme d'Urie;

En bref

The section of Matthew’s genealogy that focuses on David as the king and on his royal descendants shows that Jesus also is a King in David’s line.

Matthew 1:6–11 traces the genealogy from David’s kingship to the time of the Babylonian captivity. The fact that David is here expressly described as a king emphasizes the royal nature of the genealogy and by extension Jesus’ claim to the throne of David, which by that time had been vacant for so long.1