To: SoothingDave
To me, it means a biological descendent from David's tribe. Through Mary, Jesus meets this requirement. Again, kingship was not matrilineal.
51,468 posted on
05/05/2003 10:28:33 AM PDT by
malakhi
(Sola Torah, baby!)
To: malakhi
The Gospel of the Birth of Mary (mother of Jesus) according to Mathew by the St. Jerome (340-420) version records Mary's parents as Joachim of Nazareth, Galilee and Anna of Bethlehem.Jerome says Anna comes from Bethlehem. "IF" that's the truth its likely the mother was of the tribe of Judah.
To: malakhi
Again, kingship was not matrilineal.If the mother was of the line of David, that's good enough for me. After all its what's in the veins, not what's on paper.
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