Overview of Matthew: Jesus’ Genealogy; Why the difference between Matthew’s and Luke’s account, and why should we care? Key Points: The Gospel of Matthew written between 50-90AD by a convert to Christianity from Judaism. Matthew’s emphasis- to show that Jesus is the promised Jewish Messiah, the ultimate King of the Jews, and to the world. Jewish prophesy fulfillment. Jesus is a 2nd, better Moses, and a 2nd, better David. Though from a royal dynasty, Jesus had many deeply sinful people in his ancestry-just like us! Differences in Matthew’s, Luke’s genealogy of Jesus: Matthew’s gospel records only back as far as Abraham, the founder of the Jews. Luke, a GENTILE, goes back further, to Adam, who predated Judaism, to emphasize Jesus came for ALL people. The difference between the 2 genealogies from David to Jesus may be because Mary’s genealogy was used for that time frame.