Person New Testament
Joseph
Joseph, the son of Mattathias, is listed as an ancestor of Jesus Christ in Luke's genealogy. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:24.
Why it matters. An ancestor of Jesus Christ
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Joseph
Joseph, the son of Mattathias, is mentioned in Luk.3.24 as part of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. This genealogy traces Jesus' lineage through his mother Mary's family line. Joseph is listed as the son of Mattathias and the father of Jannai. The genealogy spans several centuries, from Jesus back to Adam, demonstrating Jesus' connection to the ancestral line of David and the fulfillment of messianic prophecies. However, no additional information is provided about Joseph's life or the specific time period in which he lived.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Mattathias
- Children
- Jannai
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Luke (1 verse)