...the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
As expected, there are not a lot of recognizable names in the first half of this group, not until we get to Noah, and from there we have all these men who lived very long lifespans, all the way back to Adam. As Paul will explain in his letter to the Romans, the Second Adam will be a descendant of the first Adam. Matthew, in his Gospel aimed especially to the Jews, stops at Abraham, but Luke, writing initially to this non-Jewish leader, traces the line of Jesus all the way back to Adam, because He came to be the Savior of the World - not just the people in Israel in that day, not just the Jews scattered all across the world, but all the people of the world. And yes, Jesus was, as promised throughout the Old Testament, of the seed of King David, and the seed of Abraham the father of faith, but He was also of the seed of Eve and Adam, to whom the first promise of the Savior was given. Finally, notice that Luke does not stop there with Adam, but He goes on to refer to Adam as the son of God. Echoing throughout this Gospel, from the angelic announcement to His baptism to the proclamations of His followers, to the transfiguration, and the Cross, the message is clear: This Man is the One true Son of God.
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