Who is the father of Joseph?

Question

MAT 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

LUK 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.

No what Luke 3:23 says.

Answer 1

Jacob, just as Matthew 1:16 says. "Begat" means "sired" or "was the father of"...

"Heli" might be another name... but that's a good question.

The footnote at the end of Luke 3:23 (in my Bible) says that "Heli" and "Matthat" ..."and several other names in the genealogy are spelled somewhat differently in the NU-Text. Since the NKJV uses the Old Testament spelling for persons mentioned in the New Testament, these variations, which come from Greek, have not been footnoted."

Perhaps "Heli" is Greek for "Jacob" and is (in this case) used interchangeably.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Joseph of Nazareth was the son of Jacob
The reason he was called son of Heli is because Jesus came from the line of Heli , Josephs father in law and Marys father.

Answer 3

The two genealogies show the genealogies of Mary and Joseph. Mary's genealogy is represented by Joseph her husband. Mary's Father was Heli. Joseph is represented in her genealogy because they are done through men but Christ had no earthly Father so her genealogy was shown through Joseph.When the bbile says son of if often skips generations. As in sons of Abraham were decendants of Abraham.

Answer 4

Jesus' genealogy is given in two places in Scripture, Matthew chapter 1 and Luke chapter 3, verses 23-38. Matthew traces the genealogy from Jesus to Abraham. Luke traces the genealogy from Jesus to Adam. However, there is good reason to believe that Matthew and Luke are in fact tracing entirely different genealogies. For example, Matthew gives Joseph's father as Jacob (Matthew 1:16), while Luke gives Joseph's father as Heli (Luke 3:23). Matthew traces the line through David's son Solomon (Matthew 1:6), while Luke traces the line through David's son Nathan (Luke 3:31). In fact, between David and Jesus, the only names the genealogies have in common are Shealtiel and Zerubbabel (Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27). What is the explanation for these differences?

Some point to these differences as evidence of errors in the Bible. However, the Jews were meticulous record keepers, especially in regards to genealogies. It is inconceivable that Matthew and Luke could build two entirely contradictory genealogies of the same lineage. Again, from David through Jesus, the genealogies are completely different. Even the reference to Shealtiel and Zerubbabel likely refer to different individuals of the same names. Matthew gives Shealtiel's father as Jeconiah while Luke gives Shealtiel's father as Neri. It would be normal for a man named Shealtiel to name his son Zerubbabel in light of the famous individuals of those names (see the books of Ezra and Nehemiah).

Another explanation is that Matthew is tracing the primary lineage while Luke is taking into account the occurrences of "levirite marriage." If a man died without having any sons, it was tradition for the man's brother to marry his wife and have a son who would carry on the man's name. While possible, this view is unlikely as every generation from David to Jesus would have had a "levirite marriage" in order to account for the differences in every generation. This is highly unlikely.

With these concepts in view, most conservative Bible scholars assume Luke is recording Mary’s genealogy and Matthew is recording Joseph’s. Matthew is following the line of Joseph (Jesus’ legal father), through David’s son Solomon, while Luke is following the line of Mary (Jesus’ blood relative), though David’s son Nathan. There was no Greek word for "son-in-law," and Joseph would have been considered a son of Heli through marrying Heli's daughter Mary. Through either line, Jesus is a descendant of David and therefore eligible to be the Messiah. Tracing a genealogy through the mother’s side is unusual, but so was the virgin birth. Luke’s explanation is that Jesus was the son of Joseph “so it was thought” (Luke 3:23).

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Answer 5

JACOB

MATTHEW 1:16,
"And JACOB fathered JOSEPH, the husband of Mary, of whom was born JESUS, who is called the Christ."

Answer 6

I don't think the writers of the Gospels or the Jews and the Greeks at that time had a different word for "son" and "son-in-law" like we do today. Many cultures do not differentiate these relationships so precisely. In American culture, sons-in-law often call their mother-in-law "Mom", not "Mom-in-law".

Answer 7

we live in absurd world
god is every ones father
that children are named after the man who birthed them not
a child should have the name of the mother who went to birth to beget them
it is a ownership , as if the child is chattel that begets this confusing absurdity ebiout the line of david
mary was of the line
in time all children will gain their mothers name
till them who is not a chil;d of god

Answer 8

Mama tells me that my great Grand Father was the great grand son of an Irish Lord. Papa says that it was my Great Grand Mother who Married a Scottish Lord.....who cares! The important thing is I am here.

Answer 9

We may never know since the bible contradicts itself on this issue.

Answer 10

wow that is a really good question! tell me when you find out who his dad was!