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Yes and no. On the one hand they are both the biological father of Joseph - Jacob in Matthew's Gospel and Heli in Luke's Gospel (although some attempt to explain Heli as the father of Mary, despite Luke 3:23). On the other hand, they have entirely different ancestries. In Matthew, Jacob's father was Matthan, and his paternal grandfather was Eleazar. In Luke, Heli's father was Matthat, and his paternal grandfather was Levi. Ian Wilson (Jesus: The Evidence) dismisses both genealogies as flaky, while Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) simply says that there is little likelihood that either is strictly historical.

AnswerNo. Joseph was the son-in-law of Heli.
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The Bible does not give the name of Heli's wife.


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In Luke's Gospel, Heli was the father of Joseph, just as in Matthew's Gospel Jacob was the father of Joseph. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that neither genealogy is likely to be historically true.


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We do not know for sure. According to the genealogy of Our Lord by Matthew, Jacob was the name of Joseph's father. Luke says the name was Heli. We do not know if one or the other was mistaken or if Jacob and Heli were just different names for the same person. We do not know the name of Joseph's mother.We do not know the names of Joseph's parents. The Gospels give conflicting information about his genealogy.


Who is Heli in the Gospel of Luke?

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