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Joseph son of Jacob (Matthew's Gospel) or Joseph son of Heli (Luke's Gospel) is the father of Jesus in the gospels. Joseph of Arimathea was the rich man who buried Jesus in his own tomb. Some say that by doing so, Joseph of Arimathea was filling the role expected of a father in Jewish tradition.

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A:If the Old Testament Joseph was actually a historical person, there were well over a thousand years between him and Joseph who was Jesus' father.

However, the author of Matthew's Gospel sought to draw a parallel between them by stating that the father of the New Testament Joseph was called Jacob, just as in the Old Testament. Compare this to Luke 3:23, which says that Joseph the father (as was supposed) of Jesus was the son of Heli. The explanation, according to scholars, is that neither genealogy is likely to be historically true.

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Who is the father of Joseph father of Jesus?

The Bible does not specifically name her, but she would have been the wife of Jacob, Joseph's father.


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Was Jacob related to Jesus Christ?

A:In Old Testament tradition, Jacob was the ancestor of all the Hebrew people, including the Jews. Since Jesus was a Jew, this tradition would mean that Jesus was a descendant of Jacob. In Matthew's Gospel, Jacob was the father of Joseph, but the virgin birth would mean that there is no blood relationship. In Luke's Gospel, Heli was the father of Joseph, so there is no sense of whether this Jacob was related to Jesus.


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Is Joseph the father of Jesus the same Joseph that is Jacob's son that was sold into slavery?

No, the Joseph who was sold into slavery in the Old Testament is not the same Joseph who was the father of Jesus in the New Testament. The Joseph in the New Testament is known as Joseph of Nazareth or Joseph the Carpenter, while the Joseph in the Old Testament is known as Joseph, the son of Jacob.


Was Joseph's father the same Jacob as in Genesis?

AnswerFirst of all, the Jacob in Genesis was certainly the father of the Joseph in Genesis. Joseph, the father of Jesus, came many centuries later than the events and people depicted in the Book of Genesis. Matthewsays that Joseph's father was called Jacob, and proceeds to draw a parallel between this Joseph and the Old Testament Joseph, thereby drawing parallels between Jesus and Moses. On the other hand, Luke's Gospel clearly says that Joseph's father was called Heli, its author apparently not having identified the possibilities developed by the author of Matthew.


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