The genealogy of Jesus is mentioned in Matthew and Luke only. Matthew listed 26 forefathers from Joseph to Dav?

answers1: Matthew does leave out some names possibly because to prove
one's genealogy it was not necessary to name every link in the line of
descent. He must have copied just the necessary names from the public
register that would prove the descent of Jesus from Abraham and David.
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Theres a lot more detailed information as to why their accounts differ
but the main thing that they wanted to do was to prove Jesus'
genealogy and they accomplished that. <br>
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If you compare Ezra 7:1-5 with 1Chronicles 6:1-15 you will see that
Ezra omitted several names that were contained in the listing of the
priestly line so it must not have been necessary to name every single
ancestor to satisfy the Jews. <br>
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I read an interesting point about how the scribes and Pharisees and
the Sadducees were bitter enemies of Christianity, and they were
always looking for ways to discredit Jesus. If Mathew and Lukes
genealogy were not correct they would have challenged it.
answers2: I guess this means Jesus was a fictional character who never
really existed.
answers3: I smell a metaphore....
answers4: The number is different because one traces to Abraham, the
other all the way bacl to Adam. <br>
You answered your own question about the different names. One geneolgy
is through Mary <br>
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The reason for two geneologies is so that people could not claim Jesus
was not the rightful heir to davids throne since Joseph was not his
real father (Mary being impregnated by God).
answers5: God inspired their thoughts, and the thoughts God gave
Matthew and Luke had nothing to do with the genealogy of Jesus. The
thoughts God inspired was the thought of 42 generations. <br>
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With the knowledge of 14+14+14 also known as 42 generations and "forty
and two months" also known as 42 generations, all the mysteries of
heaven and earth can be learned if you believe with your heart, and
mind.
answers6: The genealogies link to David through a cursed line. They
actually prove that Iesus couldn't have been the Jewish Messiah. <br>
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Glaring mistakes like that also indicate that neither of the authors
had a clue about Judaism.