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.Heli is Joseph's father and paternal grandfather of Jesus (see Luke 3:23).
Mary's mother was Heli, named in Luke 3:23
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.
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.
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.
The Bible does not give the name of Heli's wife.
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.
Matthew says Jacob. Luke says Heli.
Heli is Joseph's father and paternal grandfather of Jesus (see Luke 3:23).
No, Heli and Imran are not the same person. In Christian and Islamic tradition, Heli is believed to be the father of Mary, while in other traditions, such as in the Islamic faith, Imran is considered to be Mary's father. The two names refer to different figures in religious texts.
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.
In Luke's Gospel, Heli was the father of Joseph and (so it was supposed) the paternal grandfather of Jesus. He does not appear in Matthew's Gospel, where the paternal grandfather of Jesus was Jacob.
In Matthew's Gospel: Jacob was the father of Joseph; Matthan was the father of Jacob ; Eleazar was the father of Matthan. So Eleazar was the (adopted) paternal great great grandfather of Jesus. In Luke's Gospel: Heli was the father of Joseph; Matthat was the father of Heli; Levi was the father of Matthat. So Levi was the (adopted) paternal great great grandfather of Jesus.
Probably neither. New Testament scholars say that neither genealogy, in Matthew or Luke, is likely to be historically correct. The author of Matthew's Gospel chose the name 'Jacob', because the father of the Old Testament Joseph was also called Jacob - he was trying to draw parallels between Moses and Jesus. The reason the author of Lukechose the name 'Heli' for Joseph's father is unclear. It is because of this contradiction that some modern theologians say that Jacob was Joseph's father and that Heli was Mary's father (in spite of Luke 3:23).
We do not know the name of Joseph's mother. His father was called Jacob (Matthew's Gospel) or Heli (Luke's Gospel).
Jesus is Joseph's Son. An angel appeared to Mary and Joseph in a dream and said that they will have a child. They were to name Him Jesus.
According to Matthew 1:16, Joseph's father was Jacob, but Luke says that his father was Heli.