Julius Africanus, The Epistle to Aristides. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1886), public domain.
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- The Epistle to Aristides Chapter 1 — The Extant Writings of Julius Africanus. I. [Africanus on the Genealogy in the Holy Gospels.—Some indeed incorrectly allege that this discrepant enumeration and mixing of the names both of priestly men, as they…vatican.va
- The Epistle to Aristides Chapter 2 — II. For whereas in Israel the names of their generations were enumerated either according to nature or according to law,—according to nature, indeed, by the succession of legitimate offspring, and according to law…vatican.va
- The Epistle to Aristides Chapter 3 — III. But in order that what I have said may be made evident, I shall explain the interchange of the generations. If we reckon the generations from David through Solomon, Matthan is found to be the third from the end,…vatican.va
- The Epistle to Aristides Chapter 4 — IV. Nor indeed is this incapable of proof, neither is it a rash conjecture. For the kinsmen of the Saviour after the flesh, whether to magnify their own origin or simply to state the fact, but at all events speaking…vatican.va
- The Epistle to Aristides Chapter 5 — V. But as up to that time the genealogies of the Hebrews had been registered in the public archives, and those, too, which were traced back to the proselytes—as, for example, to Achior the Ammanite, and Ruth the…vatican.va
- The Epistle to Aristides Chapter 6 — VI. Matthan, descended from Solomon, begat Jacob. Matthan dying, Melchi, descended from Nathan, begat Heli by the same wife. Therefore Heli and Jacob are uterine brothers. Heli dying childless, Jacob raised up seed…vatican.va
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Exodus 6:23 · Exodus 6:25 · Exodus 12:19 · Matthew 1:16 · Luke 3:23 · Luke 3:24 · 1 Corinthians 15:12 · Hebrews 7:14