Person
Jose
Ἰησοῦς
In Luke’s genealogy (Greek often Ἰησοῦς; some English Jose/Joshua).
Jose stands in Luke 3 between Eliezer and Er. Many Greek witnesses write Ἰησοῦς here—the same spelling as Yahshua—but this is an ancestor in the list, not Yahshua of Nazareth.
View Line of Christ
Matthew and Luke both frame a genealogy around Joseph, yet the names differ after David (Solomon in Matthew, Nathan in Luke). Scripture does not explain the difference. Common theories: (1) Matthew gives the legal/royal line and Luke another kinship line (blood, adoption, or levirate), both tied to Joseph; (2) one list is Joseph’s and Luke’s is Mary’s, with Joseph named because Yahshua was “as was supposed” his son (Luke 3:23)—a reading Luke never states outright; (3) both are Joseph’s by different reckonings (for example legal father and biological father). The chains below follow each Gospel as written.
Line of Christ (Matthew)
From Adam to Yahshua. Genesis carries the line to Abraham; Matthew’s genealogy carries it from Abraham to Yahshua through David and Solomon, ending at Joseph the husband of Mary.
- Adam
- Seth
- Enosh
- Kenan
- Mahalalel
- Jared
- Enoch
- Methuselah
- Lamech
- Noah
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Shelah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Terah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Judah
- Perez
- Hezron
- Ram
- Amminadab
- Nahshon
- Salmon
- Boaz
- Obed
- Jesse
- David
- Solomon
- Rehoboam
- Abijah
- Asa
- Jehoshaphat
- Joram
- Uzziah
- Jotham
- Ahaz
- Hezekiah
- Manasseh
- Amon
- Josiah
- Jeconiah
- Shealtiel
- Zerubbabel
- Abiud
- Eliakim
- Azor
- Zadok
- Akim
- Eliud
- Eleazar
- Matthan
- Jacob (father of Joseph)
- Joseph (husband of Mary)
- Yahshua
Line of Christ (Luke)
Luke 3:23–38 as written: from Yahshua, “the son (as was supposed) of Joseph,” back through Heli and Nathan son of David to Adam. The names after David differ from Matthew.
- Adam
- Seth
- Enosh
- Kenan
- Mahalalel
- Jared
- Enoch
- Methuselah
- Lamech
- Noah
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Cainan
- Shelah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Terah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Judah
- Perez
- Hezron
- Aram
- Amminadab
- Nahshon
- Salmon
- Boaz
- Obed
- Jesse
- David
- Nathan
- Mattatha
- Menan
- Melea
- Eliakim
- Jonan
- Joseph
- Judah
- Simeon
- Levi
- Matthat
- Jorim
- Eliezer
- Jose
- Er
- Elmodam
- Cosam
- Addi
- Melchi
- Neri
- Shealtiel
- Zerubbabel
- Rhesa
- Joanan
- Judah
- Joseph
- Semein
- Mattathias
- Maath
- Naggai
- Esli
- Nahum
- Amos
- Mattathias
- Joseph
- Jannai
- Melchi
- Levi
- Matthat
- Heli
- Joseph (as was supposed)
- Yahshua
Strong’s
Strong’s dictionaries compiled by Open Scriptures, used under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Ἰησοῦς G2424
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Thayer’s
Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889). Public-domain digital text.
Ἰησοῦς G2424
Iēsoûs
Ἰησοῦς, Ἰησοῦ, dative Ἰησοῦ, accusative Ἰησοῦν, vocative Ἰησοῦ (Winer's Grammar, § 10, 1), ὁ, Jesus (יְהושֻׁעַ and according to a later form, יֵשׁוּעַ, Syriac 9wSy [], i. e. whose help is Jehovah; German Gotthilf; but later writings gave the name the force of יְשׁוּעָה, see Mat 1:21, cf. Sir 46:1 Ἰησοῦς ὅς ἐγένετο κατά τό ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μέγας ἐπί σωτηρία ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ, of Joshua, the successor of Moses; Philo, nom. mutat. § 21 Ἰησοῦς ἑρμηνεύεται σωτηρία κυρίου), a very common proper name among the Israelites; cf. Delitzsch, Der Jesusname, in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1876, p. 209f (or Talmudic Studies xv.). In the N. T.:
1. Joshua (fully Jehoshua), the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor: Act 7:45; Heb 4:8.
2. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of Christ's ancestors: Luk 3:29 L T Tr WH.
3. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind: Mat 1:21; Mat 1:25; Luk 1:31; Luk 2:21, and very often; see κύριος and Χριστός.
4. Jesus Barabbas; see Βαραββᾶς.
5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in preaching the gospel: Col 4:11.