One of the requirements to be the Messiah was to have direct lineage from King David. Since women back then.?

Question

never had their geneology recorded, the Hebrews then or now, accept Jesus as the Messiah. Is the Old testament or New Testament wrong regarding this?

I understand that the reason women did not have their lineage recorded was because back the they believed that the whole body was contained in the seed of the man and the female was needed only for the growth of the seed.

Clarification.....The Jews DID NOT then or now accept Jesus as the Messiah. Also, the requirement was to be a direct descendant of David. Obviously, Joseph had nothing to do with it. His adoption by Joseph would not make it work either. Mary did not have ANY connection to King David or there would have been something to show the Hebrews of the day to confirm it.

Answer 1

their are 2 accounts of the genealogy of Christ

the one in Matt 1 is through his adopted father Joseph and he was a direct line to David and if the line had stayed on the throne he would have been in line to be king

the second is in Luke 3:23- 38 and is the line of Mary if you look she too is of the line of David but through a different son
( Nathan, which was the son of David) this line from here was in the line of Levi as Mary was the cousin of Elisabeth, and the Levies had to Mary in their own tribe to keep the right to serve in the temple. in Joseph line he is of Solomon.

so normally yes they did not follow the woman line but in this case it is recorded through her fathers

Answer 2

You are wrong in assuming that the Jews believe that Jesus is the Messiah... unless it was a typo on your part. Only the Messianic Jews believe that Jesus is the Messiah.

In Matthew chapter 1 the geneology of Jesus is recorded showing Joseph a descendant of King David.
In Luke 3:23 ff. It shows the geneology of Mary, whose father was Heli, who also was a descendant of King David.
"He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son (or: son-in-law) of Heli Luke 3:23

In the original language, the definite article (tou) in the genetive form (of the) appears before every name in the genealogy EXCEPT ONE. That one name is Joseph. This singular exception strongly suggests that Joseph was only included into the genealogy because of his marriage to Mary-- and that Heli is Mary's father.

Answer 3

No. Read the first chapter of Matthew. It begins with a generations-long trace of the lineage of Jesus. That women didn't have their genealogy recorded in that format is irrelevant, for they were obviously as much a part of the "process" as the men! Nor is the Hebrew rejection of Him as Messiah relevant either, for the evidence of Jesus' bloodline is recorded there in Matthew 1. Such a lengthy family tree being laid out (in my humble opinion) was to CONFIRM that the Messiah would be "of the house and lineage of David" as the Scripture said, and that those who would recognize Him as such would understand what He meant when He read in the Temple from the Scroll of Isaiah pertaining to the Messiah's coming and ministry and said, "Today, this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Answer 4

Luke records the geneology through Mary's side of the family back to David.

Answer 5

This does not mean that Mary's lineage was not known. All she would have to do is trace the geneology of her father.
Mary was of the line of David, as was Joseph.

Answer 6

The geneology is generally accepted to be Joseph's
(however there are two different bloodlines in the bible and both can't be right - but hey that's a different question).

Answer 7

Additionally, the two genealogies in the NT contradict each other.

Answer 8

Matthew 1

The Genealogy of Jesus

1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13Zerubbabel the father of Abiud,
Abiud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Eliud,
15Eliud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

17Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.[b]

Answer 9

neither.