Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by milespatton
Since Joseph was not the father, you need to trace Mary's lineage. miles


According to both Matthew and Luke, Joseph was the father, and it's his linage that is traced.

Of course if Joseph was not the father, then is shoots down the whole narrative of Jesus as the descendant of David.


From Matthew:

15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

From Luke:

3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,


The Jews were very strict on inheritance and it was important to have sons. It's believed that Mary had no brothers. Her father, Heli, legally adopted her husband, Joseph, so that Mary could inherit. The geneology goes from Joseph to his adopted father, Heli, and on back from there.
That gives Jesus' lineage in 2 ways. It was biological from Mary's side, and the legal lineage on Joseph's side. Both ways got back to David to fulfill the prophecy that the messiah would descend from David.


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