Contradiction claim
Who was Joseph’s father?
Matthew’s genealogy states that Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary. Luke’s genealogy describes Jesus as being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli.
Genealogical discrepancyReviewedSeverity: highClassification confidence: moderateTranslation dependent
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How to read this record
This record states that a conflict has been claimed. The classification is CodexTrace’s editorial assessment of what kind of question this is, not a verdict on whether the passages can be read together. Primary text comes first; interpretation and analysis follow it. Methodology
Passages side by side
TextThe primary text, as seeded. Nothing here is summarised or paraphrased.
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
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,
Why they appear to conflict
AnalysisEach side states a proposition attributable to its passages. A claim is not assumed to have exactly two sides.
Matthew
Jacob was the father of Joseph.
Jacob
Matthew 1:16