Who was Jesus' paternal grandpa?

Question

Who was Jesus' grandfather on his (human) father's side?

Matthew 1:15-16 says

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

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

Luke 3:23-24 says:

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,

Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,

So the lineages go:

Joseph, Jacob, Matthan, Elezar (Matthew's version)

and

Joseph, Heli, Matthat, Levi (Luke's Version)

Did Joseph have two daddies? This is very confusing.

Answer 1

wow you got me thats crazy i never realized this ide ask your preacher im sure there is some mis understaning about it but you really got me hope i helped even though i dont get it answer mine now

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Answer 2

if you read both lineages, one has like 14 less great, great... grandfathers. (at one point i discerned the average age difference for birth. kinda interesting to figure)

but the same great great great.... great grandfather.

They will tell you that one is Mary's lineage, and the other is Josephs. Either way doesnt work, because one line descends from David through Nathan (where the prophecies say it must go through Solomon, not Nathan)... and the other one goes through Jeconiah whom God cursed and commanded that he is to be recorded as if he had no children. So that lineage stops at him. (if you want the verses just messege me, i'll hook em up)

Answer 3

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/in... If you think that's confusing check this.

Answer 4

When Jesus and Juan come to mow my lawn tomorrow - I'll ask Juan who his father is - but I don't think that he is alive any longer.............

Answer 5

When the two disciples wrote the individual gospels, they were writing from their own point of view. Each one might have thought differently, just as each disciple wrote about different miracles--although some were the same.

So don't worry about which one is right. I'd say that Joseph might have been confused as two people, and two different Josephs were used in the two different versions.

Answer 6

The Matthew genealogy is the "legal" genealogy, the genealogy that Jesus inherited with His adoption by Joseph.

The Luke genealogy is the "physical" genealogy of Jesus, through Mary. Joseph is named because because by marrying Mary, he gained a part of her descent, as well as it is unusual to include a woman in a genealogy, except by saying she was the wife of the ancestory.

Rather than being read as "Jesus was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, Joseph was the son of Heli" it could be read as "Jesus was the son of, so it was thought, of Joseph, (he was also) the son of Heli, (he was also) the son of Melki.

The word used for "son" can mean any direct male descendant-son, grandson, greatgrandson, the same way that they say "The Son of David" or "The sons of Israel." I believe that people simply read it wrong. it's not saying Jesus was the son of father, father was the son of grandfather, etc, it's Jesus was the son of father, the son of grandfather etc.

Answer 7

Ok, let me try to explain this, this is the most accepted version, Helli an Jacob were brothers, the same mother different father, (Matthat and Mathan), Heli got married, but died without having kids, by the law when a husband died without having kids, the widow must have to get married with his brother, so in this case Jacob, so Joseph was Jacob's kid, but "legally" he was the son of the first husband, Helli  

Answer 8

I have learned he is the son of Jacob.