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Nathan was the youngest son of King David and Bathsheba, and a brother of Solomon. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of David's sons, and in the New Testament as an ancestor of Jesus through Luke's genealogy.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Nathan was a prophet in the Bible who lived during the reign of King David in Israel. God spoke to David through Nathan on several occasions. Nathan was a member of David’s royal court and one of his closest advisers.
- Zechariah 12:10-14
- Africanus’ Letter to Aristides
- Eusebius’ Questiones Evangelicae Ad Stephanum, III.2
- The Apocalypse of Zerubbabel
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All four names appear in the pre-exilic section of Luke’s genealogy of Jesus. In a later rabbinic Aramaic version of the above Zechariah passage, the Targumon Zechariah, Nathan is identified as both the son of David and the prophet. But that’s a late document, so is there any evidence that such an identification had an earlier provenance?
For Africanus (ca 160 – ca 240), see his Wikipedia entry. For the letter to Aristides, see the translation on the New Advent page. In the first paragraph we see the author assuming that his readers well understood the Nathan in Luke’s genealogy was the prophet: Nathan’s prophetic status is taken for granted; the author is writing with the assumptio...
Marshall Johnson’s translation: Once again Nathan’s prophetic role “is introduced as a more or less traditional point of view in some circles.” (Eusebius is saying that Luke merely recorded the opinion of some others concerning Jesus’ line of descent from David and that it was not his own view. The dispute of some arose over the curse on the royal ...
Once again we meet the Book of Zerubbabel (previous discussion here). It’s a late work, but we’ll be patient with Johnson and continue to follow his argument. As we saw earlier, the book claims that the messiah was born at the time of David but remains hidden (disguised as a destitute vagabond) until the time comes for him to be revealed to the wor...
Why did Luke trace Jesus' ancestry through Nathan, a prophet and a son of David, rather than Solomon, a king and a son of David? This article explores the evidence and arguments for Luke's purpose and sources in his genealogy.
Oct 2, 2023 · These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, and these were the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
Mar 11, 2024 · Nathan was a court prophet who counseled King David and delivered God's messages to him. He was also involved in the building of the Temple, the Davidic Covenant, and the succession of Solomon.
A son of David (2 Sam 5:14; 1 Chron 3:5; 14:4). This Nathan was an older brother of Solomon and one of several of Bathsheba’s children born to David. In Luke 3:31 the Davidic kingly line is traced through this son. This Nathan is also pictured as having a part in Israel’s future eschatological events (Zech 12:12). 2.
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