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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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Who is heli in The Bible?
Heli is Joseph's father and paternal grandfather of Jesus (see Luke 3:23).
Jewish genealogy of Mary mother of Jesus I am trying to locate within the bible who was Mary's father?
Mary's mother was Heli, named in Luke 3:23
Who was Joseph the carpenter's mother?
We do not know who was Joseph's mother. There is even some confusion about the correct name for his father: Matthew's Gospel tells us that Joseph's father was called Jacob, while Luke's Gospel tells us that his father was Heli.
How many generations is Jesus removed from Adam?
In Matthew's Gospel, there are sixty generations from Adam to Jesus, through Joseph and Joseph's father Jacob. In Luke's Gospel, there are seventy six generations from Adam to Jesus, through Joseph and Joseph's father Heli.
What was Saint Joseph's last name?
Joseph, like Jesus, in secular society would have borne his fathers name. Jesus would have been known as "Jesus ben-Joseph." Since, however, the geneology of Jesus is slightly cloudy, once one gets past Joseph, Josephs name may have been Joseph ben-Jacob or Joseph ben-Heli.
