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M ary was the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus Christ, who was conceived within her by the Holy Spirit when she was a virgin. She is often called the “Virgin Mary,” though never in Scripture are those two words put together as a proper name (Matthew 2:11; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27; Acts 1:14). Also, although she was a virgin when Jesus ...
[son] of”. Luke traces the lineage through David's son Nathan via Mary. Luke's presentation should be understood as: Luke 3:23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son as was supposed of Joseph-son-of-Jacob, [but in fact] of Heli, …. [ ] of Nathan, [ ] of David, …..
Luke 3:23-38 traces Jesus’ ancestry to David through Mary’s lineage. Luke records Jesus' lineage through Mary without mentioning Mary as was common ancient practice not to mention women's name in genealogies. Luke 3:23 - “[Jesus] was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli.”
However, based on other biblical passages, the genealogy of Jesus is traced through both his mother Mary and her husband Joseph. In the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 1:1-17) provides a genealogy of Jesus that connects him to King David through Joseph, while the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:23-38) traces a separate genealogy through Mary.
One of the unique features of Jesus genealogy in the book of Matthew is the inclusion of four women, not counting Mary. Matthew 1:3 . Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Matthew 1:5. Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Matthew 1:6
According to the Article, Jesus' lineage in Matthew was from Mary the mother of Jesus as fulfillment of the virgin birth, and God's promise to David. It says that the original text which was written in Hebrew meant 'Joseph father of Mary' not 'Husband of Mary'. So Mary had a father whose name is Joseph and a husband of the same name.
Mary was closely related to Elizabeth, wife of Zacharias. Elizabeth was of the daughters of Aaron, and therefore so was Mary. So Mary was descended from the tribe of Levi, through Aaron. The genealogy which Matthew records is the royal line which does not necessarily follow the direct descent through the firstborn son.
Lineage in ancient Judaism was traced through the father. That is the reason why Jesus' lineage was traced through Joseph and not Mary. Also in terms of biblical precedent, all of the genealogical lists are patrilineal, even those of the matriarch Rebekah (Gen. 22). Indeed Matthew's list is exceptional in that it names several women as Jesus ...
This establishes Mary as the physical descendant of David, so it can be stated that Jesus truly was “the Son of David” through the lineage of David’s son Nathan. Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus (Matt. 1:1–16), from Joseph’s perspective, is also important because it clearly demonstrates Jesus’ legal right to the throne of David.
The author of Matthew was intent on portraying Jesus as descended from a long line of kings, but Luke's Gospel has a strong focus on the poor, consistent with Jesus being descended from commoners after the obligatory King David. Zerubbabel was so important in Jewish post-Exilic history that both authors felt obliged to include him in their ...