Misinterpretations often include treating this as a biological bloodline for Jesus, ignoring the virgin birth which makes it a legal genealogy for establishing his Davidic and messianic credentials; equating Adam's 'son of God' status—due to direct creation—with Jesus' eternal divine sonship, thus diminishing Christ's unique divinity; or using the genealogy to calculate a strict young-earth timeline that dismisses symbolic elements, broader biblical chronologies, or scientific evidence on human origins.
Luke 3:38
King James Version (1769)
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
This verse concludes the genealogy of Jesus Christ, tracing his legal lineage through Joseph back to Adam, whom God directly created, emphasizing Jesus' full humanity and solidarity with all people as the descendant of the first man, positioning him as the promised redeemer who fulfills God's covenant promises to humanity from creation onward.