Person
Joseph (husband of Mary)
Yoseph
יוֹסֵף
He adds. Husband of Mary; legal father of Yahshua.
Related
Joseph of the house of David is Mary’s husband. Matthew traces Yahshua’s legal line through him. Luke names him as father “as was supposed,” then continues the list through Heli. He is not the patriarch Joseph son of Jacob.
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.
Ἰωσήφ G2501
Iōsḗph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Thayer’s
Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889). Public-domain digital text.
Ἰωσήφ G2501
Iōsḗph
Ἰωσήφ, indeclinable (in Josephus (e. g. contra Apion 1, 14, 16; 32, 3; 33, 5) Ιωσηπος), ὁ (יוסֵף, from יָסַף to add, Gen 30:23 f (cf. B. D. under the word )), Joseph;
1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob: Joh 4:5; Acts 7:9, 13f, 18; Heb 11:21 f; φυλή Ἰωσήφ, i. e. the tribe of Ephraim, Rev 7:8.
2. the son of Jonan (or Jonam), one of Christ's ancestors: Luk 3:30.
3. the son of Judah (or Judas; better Joda) another ancestor of Jesus: Luk 3:26 (where L marginal reading T Tr WH Ἰωσήχ, which see).
4. the son of Mattathias, another of the same: Luk 3:24.
5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus: Mat 1:16; Mat 1:18-20; Mat 1:24; Mat 2:13; Mat 2:19; Luk 1:27; Luk 2:4; Luk 2:16; Luk 2:33 R L, R G L marginal reading;; Joh 1:45;.
6. an own brother of our Lord: Mat 13:55 L T Tr WH (for R G Ἰωσῆς (which see 2)).
7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favored Jesus: Mat 27:57; Mat 27:59; Mar 15:43; Mar 15:45; Luk 23:50; Joh 19:38.
8. Joseph, surnamed Βαρναβᾶς (which see): Act 4:36 L T Tr WH (for R G Ἰωσῆς (which see Act 5:4)).
9. Joseph called Barsabas (better Barsabbas; see the word), and surnamed Justus: Act 1:23. (See Ἰωσῆς, 3)
STRONGS NT 2501a: ἸωσήχἸωσήχ, Josech, see Ἰωσήφ, 3.