Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
Ver. 30. Which was the son of Simeon] Our saviour's genealogy is here the more accurately described, because there were those who would have substituted and put false Christs upon the Church,Ezra 2:62. The priests that could not produce their genealogies were outed.