Who was the grandfather of Jesus Christ?

Answer 1

Jesus' grandfather was Jacob father of Joseph.

"15) Elihud the father of Eleazar,

Eleazar the father of Matthan,

Matthan the father of Jacob,

16) and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. "

Answer 2

The that I give will no doubt be contradicted by some, however I give it none the less. The scriptures tell us that God, the father of Christ, is from ever lasting to ever lasting. This is true if one understands that God himself was once an intelligence, and by His own father was given a spirit body. God, like His son Christ once lived upon an earth. And as Christ will eventually become a God as is his Father and as His Father back into the eternities.

As intelligence cannot be created, for it always has been, this is what God means when He says He is from ever lasting to ever lasting.

This will touch a nerve with some, and no doubt much will be quoted to contradict what I have said. I will testify that what I have explained is the truth. It matters not if God had a father, that He exists and is the Father of Christ is all that we need to know and with that testimony will end it with no further discussion.

The Bible did not write the Genealogy of Mary, so it will stand as unknown.

Answer 3

Other answers from our community:

• Heli and Jacob were the grandfathers of Jesus. Joseph (Mary's husband) had a father named Jacob, so that would be Jesus' earthly grandfather (see Matthew 1:16).

• The scriptures tell us that God, the father of Christ, is from ever lasting to ever lasting. This is true if one understands that God himself was once an intelligence, and by His own father was given a spirit body. God, like His son Christ once lived upon an earth. And as Christ will eventually become a God as is his Father and as His Father back into the eternities. As intelligence cannot be created, for it always has been, this is what God means when He says He is from ever lasting to ever lasting.

• The Bible did not write the genealogy of Mary, so it will stand as unknown.
• There is some confusion because the Gospel According to St Matthew provides a genealogy back through Joseph, his father Jacob, and then through the great Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, to King David, but the Gospel According to St Luke also provides a genealogy back through Joseph, his father Heli, and then through the great Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, to King David.

  In modern times, some have suggested that the genealogy in Luke's Gospel is really that of Mary, but Luke is quite clear that this genealogy is for Joseph, so we do not know the name of Mary's father. All we know is that Jesus' (adoptive) paternal grandfather was called either Jacob or Heli.

Answer 4

According to Christian doctrine, there are two possibilities:

Matthew 1:

Abraham was the father of Isaac, ...and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary....

Luke 3:

Jesus, ... being the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,...

According to the scientific method:

a significant number of scholars think there is sufficient historical evidence that withstands scientific scrutiny regarding the existence of Jesus as a historical (human) figure, however this evidence does not detail his lineage.

an equally significant number of scholars do not qualify this evidence as substantiated.

Answer 5

• The gospels tell us nothing about Mary's parents, and there is no contemporary material about Mary, her life or her family outside the Bible. We can not say who her parents or grandparents were.

• Some traditions say the names of her parents were Anne and Joachim. Her grandparents are unknown.

Answer 6

According to Matthew, Jesus' paternal grandfather was Jacob.
According to Luke, Jesus' paternal grandfather was Heli.

We do not know from the Bible who were the parents of Mary, mother of Jesus, but a later tradition says that their names were Joachim and Anne, and both have been considered saints by the Catholic Church.

Answer 7

The paternal grandmother of The Most Blessed Virgin Mary was named St. Angela. The name of The Most Blessed Virgin Mary's paternal grandfather was St. Simeon. The parents of The Most Blessed Virgin Mary were St. Anna and St. Joachim.

Answer 8

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the grandfather of Jesus Christ was Jacob, the father of Joseph.

Answer 9

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