How does Matthew 1:1 introduce the New Testament with language similar to Genesis 3:15?
Matthew 1:1 opens the New Testament with 'the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.' This echoes Genesis 3:15's promise of the seed of the woman, introducing Jesus as the promised seed and connecting the New Testament to that earlier promise.
Les explains that the promise of the seed of the woman began in Genesis 3:15, and then when you come up to Matthew chapter 1, the New Testament is introduced with almost the same kind of language. Matthew 1:1 reads, 'The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.' So the New Testament opens by pointing to Jesus' generation and lineage, using language similar to the earlier promise of the seed of the woman.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
More Questions
How is the opening of Matthew 1 connected to the seed-of-the-woman promise in Genesis 3:15?
The whole discussion goes back to the promised seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15, and Matthew 1 introduces the New Testament with almost the same kind of generation language.
Why does Matthew's genealogy begin with Abraham instead of going back to Adam?
Matthew presents Christ as the King, so his genealogy only goes back to the Abrahamic covenant where the King was promised, rather than all the way to Adam.