The Gowra Scenario: Genealogy of Matthew vs Luke

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The Gowra ScenarioGenealogy of Matthew vs Luke

• Based upon the Aramaic scholarship of
• Paul Younan
• Andrew Gabriel Roth

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Genealogy Matthew vs. Luke
Most people think that Matthew's genealogy is
that of Yoseph (Joseph) because of the following
verse which seems to indicate soMatt 1 16 And
Ya'aqov brought forth Yoseph the husband of
Miryam, of whom was born Yeshua who is called
Messiah.The word used for husband in the Greek
here is aner (man), the same word used in Matt 1
19Matt 1 19 And Yoseph her husband, being
righteous, and not wishing to make a show of her,
had in mind to put her away secretly.
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The Problem
The problem lies in making sense of an
intervening verseMatt 1 17 So all the
generations from Avraham to Dawid were fourteen
generations, and from Dawid until the exile to
Bavel were fourteen generations, and from the
exile to Bavel until the Messiah were fourteen
generations.
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14-14-13?
Set 2 1) Shelomoh2) Rechavam3) Aviyah4)
Asa5) Yehoshaphat6) Yoram7) Uzziah8)
Yotham9) Achaz10) Hezqiyahu11) Manashshah12)
Amon13) Yosiyahu14) Yekonyah
Set 1 1) Avraham2) Yitschaq3) Ya'akov4)
Yehudah5) Perets6) Hetsron7) Ram8)
Amminadab9) Nachshon10) Salmon11) Bo'az12)
Oved13) Yishai14) Dawid
Set 31) She'al'ti'el2) Zerubbavel3)
Avihud4) Elyaqim5) Azor6) Tsadok7) Akim8)
Elihud9) Ele'zar10) Matthan11) Ya'akov12)
Yoseph the "husband" of Miriam, of whom
was born13) Yeshua the Messiah
14-14-13, not 14-14-14 as Matt 1 17 declares to
be true
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Gawra vsGura
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Gowra as Father

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• It obviously means father as verses such as
  these from the PeshittaMatt 7 9 "Which of you
  gowra, if his son asks for bread, will give him a
  stone?"Matt 17 14 - 15 "When they came to the
  crowd, a gowra approached Yeshua and kneeled
  before him. 'Mar, have mercy on my son,' he
  said.

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And Now for Something Completely Different

• . The context of 14-14-14 makes the probability
  that gowra (father) is meant here and not gura
  (husband) look reasonable. One other point. 
• In Matt 1 19 a completely different Aramaic
  word is usedMatt 1 19 "Because Yosip her
  baalah was a righteous man, and did not want to
  expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to
  divorce her quietly."

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14 in the Third Set

• Now with this as Miriam's genealogy we get 
  1) She'al'ti'el2) Zerubbavel3) Avihud4)
  Elyaqim5) Azor6) Tsadok7) Akim8) Elihud9)
  Ele'zar10) Matthan11) Ya'akov12) Yoseph the
  "gowra" of 13) Miriam, of whom was born14)
  Yeshua the MessiahThus, if this genealogy in
  Matt is from Miriam, then the one in Luke is from
  Yoseph and not the reverse.

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Conclusion

• There are some good doctrinal conclusions
  regarding succession that can be drawn from this
  (such as Miriam's line goes thru the kingly line
  of David and Solomon, and so by virgin birth so
  does Messiah's)but I will let this stand for you
  to look at or draw conclusions.