Jesus was from the tribe of Judah, the royal tribe of King David. Hebrews calls it plain: “it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda” (Hebrews 7:14). Matthew and Luke both trace his family through David back to Judah, one of Jacob’s twelve sons, and Matthew calls him “the son of David” in his first verse. It is a tribe named for praise. Judah’s mother gave him his name with thanks to God on her lips, and from…

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