Luke-Acts attests to the connection of the movements of John the Baptist and Jesus to ancient Jewish hopes of sabbatical redemption.
Matthew 1:1-25: In the Year of Jubilee?
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The genealogies of Matthew and Luke reflect diverging Jewish opinions about the time for the advent of the redeemer.