The book of Matthew starts off the New Testament. Matthew was Jew writing to the Jews. That’s why he chose to start with the family tree of Jesus. Ancestry was a very important thing to the Jews. It showed and was proof of standing as one of God’s Chosen People. This particular genealogy shows Abraham and David amongst the branches. This is an important stat in proving Jesus was fulfilling prophecy and was the Messiah.
“It is the glory of the Old Testament that it begins with the book of the generation of the world, but the glory of the New Testament excels that glory by beginning with the book of the generation of the One who made the world” --Matthew Henry from The New Matthew Henry Commentary
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