Luke 3:30

Study note

Setting — Luke 3 presents a genealogy tracing Jesus’ human ancestry backward from Joseph through David to Adam. This verse occupies the middle of that sequence, linking the Davidic line to earlier patriarchal names.

The words — The Greek τοῦ (tou) repeats to mark each generation as “of” or “son of,” establishing direct patrilineal descent. The names Συμεὼν (Simeon), Ἰούδα (Judah), Ἰωσὴφ (Joseph), and Ἰωνὰμ (Jonam) appear in strict succession without explanatory commentary.

The thread — These names recur in the Old Testament genealogies of Genesis 10, 1 Chronicles 1–3, and the Davidic records of 1 Samuel 16–17. Luke 3:30 explicitly anchors the New Testament narrative to those established patriarchal lines.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of Jesus’ concrete historical placement within Israel’s recorded ancestry. It asks the reader to trace the continuity of God’s covenant promises through documented generations rather than abstract claims.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.