Christians, how do you explain this Biblical contradiction?

"i am an artiest, but you have to understand the bible is a story told from many points of view. they aren't contradictions, they are just another persons take on the story"

Possible but on the other hand.

Not knowing during which emperor's rein Jesus was born is imo a pretty big error, lol.

Genealogies do not necessarily have to include every single person in the family line, especially 1st-century Jewish genealogies. Matthew's genealogy was arranged a certain way, in groups of 14. It seems to mainly mention the more well-known individuals. Luke seems to be a more direct genealogy that includes all or most members of the family line.

Additionally, it was rather unheard of in the day to attribute a genealogy to a woman, as it records the male's family line. When a man married, he inherited the genealogy of his wife; so in as sense, yes, both genealogies are Josephs, although genetically speaking the Luke genealogy is Mary's.

The two genealogies split at the two sons of David. In Matthew, Solomon. was the ancestor of Joseph, Mary's husband and in Luke, Nathan is the ancestor of Mary, who bore Jesus, God's only begotten Son.

Yall are making me more Biblical than I normally am today on here.... Matthew tracked Jesus lineage through his Kingly line, using some grandfathers to show the line of desent instead of using every direct desendant. Luke tracked his lineage as a direct line.

Simple. One is through the line of Joseph, the other through Mary though she isn't named because women were not considered important in those days.

ETA: Yes. To christians she was important. However, the purpose of having both of those genealogies listed was to establish Jeus as "the one having the legal right" as was prophecied that the messiah would be. Legally, women didn't matter.

One genealogy is from Mary's family

The other is from Joseph's family

I just had to say lol @ devin's answer, and inform him that genealogies are not subjective.

It's pedantic, desperate questions like these that make my faith stronger in the Lord our God. Thank you. :)

Well, you just don't understand the CONTEXT!!!!!

If you understood the CONTEXT, you would SEE.

Geezer your so ignorant of your bible!

( Pun Intended)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK7P7uZFf5o&feature...

Not a contradiction. http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/bible.htm#65

Please bookmark that page. It is very helpful for those that are truly interested in learning about these 'contradictions'.

God bless