Matthew 1:16 meaning and explanation
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Matthew 1:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy, a formal record of ancestry that establishes Jesus as heir to Israel's story. Unlike every earlier line, verse 16 breaks the pattern: Joseph is named as Mary's husband rather than as Jesus's father, and Jesus is born of Mary.
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