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Person New Testament

Mattatha

Mattatha was an ancestor of Jesus Christ, mentioned in His genealogy. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:31.

Why it matters. An ancestor of Jesus Christ.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Mattatha

Mattatha is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the Gospel of Luke. He is listed as the son of Nathan and the father of Menna (Luk.3.31). This genealogy traces Jesus' lineage through His mother, Mary, back to David and ultimately to Adam. Mattatha's inclusion in this genealogy highlights the human ancestry of Jesus and His connection to the royal line of David.

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.

Connections

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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
Nathan
Children
Menna

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.