(March 8, 2012 at 12:44 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:23And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
Joseph's genealogy AGAIN.
The parenthesis "(as was supposed)" is a reference to Jesus' virginal birth. This line is separate from the genealogy. Since Luke didn't consider Jesus Joseph's son at all, he used Mary's genealogy. Joseph is said to be the "son of Heli" because him being the legal father made the genealogy his as well. It was culturally normal to call the woman's genealogy her husband's too.