Inquiry:
In two places in the New Testament the genealogy of Jesus, son of Mary, is mentioned (Matthew 1:6-16 and Luke 3:23-31). These are obviously not the same genealogy. Also, how can Jesus have a genealogy when all Muslims and most Christians believe that Jesus had/has no father. Is there a contradiction?
Response:
This supposd contradiction was addressed in par on April 1, 2001. As stated on the page cited above, the genealogies differ because one belongs to Joseph, the other to Mary.
How can Jesus have a genealogy without having a biological father? Very simply, in legal terms, Joseph was Jesus’ father. Thus, the genealogy of Joseph was legally applied to Jesus.
There is no contradiction.
This article is a response to Skeptic’s Annotated Bible
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