He starts from Abraham, to Isaac, to Judah, David, Solomon, to Jacob the father of Joseph, and finally finishing to Jesus. This narration has a purpose, which is to clearly establish the blood relation of Jesus as belonging to a select few of God’s chosen Jewish leaders and kings, thereby suggesting that Jesus’ lineage is not from an ordinary Jewish lineage. In this aspect, it can be observed that Matthew’s method is similar with the one employed by Luke, in that both of them chose to focus on the worldly circumstances concerning Jesus as a human being rather than on His aspect as a Son of God. Worth noting in Matthew’s chapter is the mention of David, in the line”… Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1: 1). The reason for this is that God had made a vow to David, as evidenced in 2 Samuel of the Old Testament, whereby God has promised David, “sprung from your loins, and I will establish his kingdom…your throne shall be established forever” (2 Samuel 7: 2-16), which clearly tells of Jesus’ eternal …show more content…
This has been attained by immediately starting the said Book with John the Baptist preaching on Isaiah’s prophesy, instead of detailing the biological lineage of Jesus. Hence, referring to Isaiah, Mark writes the lines “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way…Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths” (Mark 1: 2-3). More so, this is immediately succeeded by the account of the baptism of Jesus, which conveys to the readers that Jesus is indeed the one predestined to preach the Good News and is the Messiah as foretold in the Old Testament. In this respect, by opting to begin the Book with John’s affirmation as the messenger and precursor of Jesus Christ being born as a human, Mark veers away from the method used by Matthew and Luke to place utmost importance on the aspect of Jesus as