- Well the two genealogies take a different perspective, and perhaps Luke’s can be considered more precise, but since Matthew’s is also scripture, it is no less accurate.
- Matthew and Luke present two different genealogies splitting at David's sons Solomon (Matthew) and Nathan (Luke). Luke may have given Mary's family while Matthew gave Joseph's family. The reason for Matthew's division into groups of fourteen is because the Hebrew alphabet functioned as their numbering system as well. The letters dalet and vav were numbers 4 and 6, respectively, so David's name (DVD) is 4+6+4=14. When Matthew's Jewish audience saw "14," they recognized it as a stand-in for "David" because Matthew emphasized Jesus as David's son, the Messiah.
- Daniel Goepfrich Concur on the codeword Dōd (דוד) for the fourteenth man St. Matthew's book of generations. Perhaps there is a codeword that spells twenty-eight (numeral)?