"The genealogy in Luke is Mary's, thus Heli was the father-in-law of Joseph. The genealogy in Matthew is Joseph's and Jacob was his father. Luke gives prominence to women in his gospel, it thus is why he used Mary's genealogy and during those times it would have been natural for Joseph's father-in-law to call him son."
Say what?
"He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli......"
There is just no way that is son-in-law. The point of this long list is to show that Jesus comes from the line of David and both Luke and Matthew attempt to do this through Joseph (wrongly as it happens). The son-in-law explanation isn't supported anywhere and is obviously someone's brilliant idea of how to get out of an error in the story.
Luke was written in Greek. Greek has perfectly usable words for son-in-law to differentiate it from son. If it meant son-in-law it would have said it.
Say what?
"He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli......"
There is just no way that is son-in-law. The point of this long list is to show that Jesus comes from the line of David and both Luke and Matthew attempt to do this through Joseph (wrongly as it happens). The son-in-law explanation isn't supported anywhere and is obviously someone's brilliant idea of how to get out of an error in the story.
Luke was written in Greek. Greek has perfectly usable words for son-in-law to differentiate it from son. If it meant son-in-law it would have said it.
