“Lineage Lines”

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

    Was Mary, mother of Jesus, a physical descendant of David like her husband Joseph?  If not, then who did she descend from?

Sincerely,
Tracing The Tree

Dear Tracing The Tree,

Yes.  Mary was a descendant of David.  If you look at the two genealogies given for Jesus (one in Matt 1:1-17 and another in Lk 3:23-38) they aren't exactly the same.  The reason for this is that one lineage for Jesus follows Joseph's family and the other one follows Mary's.

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