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Jesus Christ and Judah
How Jesus Christ and Judah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Judah was an ancestor of Jesus Christ.
Matthew's genealogy runs through Judah, and Hebrews states that "our Lord sprang out of Juda".
Jacob begat Judas and his brethren
Matthew 1:2, King James Version
our Lord sprang out of Juda
Hebrews 7:14, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 1:1-3
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 1:1-3
1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
Hebrews 7:14
14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
King James Version