Is it not also reasonable that Mary simply called the child "a supernatural cause" due to the extreme shame and ostracisation that would be involved with having sex and giving birth outside of marriage (especially with regards to the context of the time)?

If Jesus = Jeshua = God saves, how does Jesus = Immanuel = God with us? IS Immanuel a title like Christ? Or does God saves = God with us?

How is Jesus both Yeshua and Immanuel? Does he have two names?

Could Isaiah 9 indicate you could expect a baby to come to bring hope? God the Father?" 

Why much more emphasis on Mary instead of Joseph throughout the Bible, besides this bit in Matthew 1?

Is the genealogy accurate? (in Matthew 1). Does it have to be? 

How should we approach differences and inconsistencies in this genealogy? For example, the missing names compared to the OT or differences between this genealogy and the one found in Luke 3? 

What is the significance of the number 14? Seems quite an arbitrary number

I wonder about the significance of Zerah, brother of Perez and in (taking?) Joseph's genealogy rather than Mary.

"How is Christ the offspring of Joseph/David/Abraham given Mary's virgin birth - is this to do with the unity in marriage?" 

In referring to greek translations, how should we treat the Septuagint (esp Apocrypha)?

Q: Why is this different from Luke 3?

Thanks! :) What exactly is the y-axis of the diagram? Righteousness, fulfilment of promises? No need for contact, I'll be thinking.

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