“King David is an ancestor of Jesus”. I don’t think that is right. God was the father of Jesus— Right? Of course Joseph was not in the blood line and there is no reference at all to a blood line from David to Mary. I think this statement is not factual.
The Lord said that one of David’s ancestors would always sit on the throne...that is a reference to the Messiah, so yes, Jesus is a descendant. I’ve always loved that David’s grandmother was a gentile. This means that Jesus encompasses both the Jew and the Gentile.
I believe that they were both included to show that Jesus is descended from King David by whichever parent you choose. However, that is my own opinion and YMMV.
I thought Mary claimed descent from the ‘house of David’
Really? There are two genealogies one in Mathew, one in Luke. One of his mother and one of his adoptive father, who was of the royal line. Both are descendants of David.
Both Joseph and Mary were of Davidic lineage...................
Matthew 1:1:
“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
And Vs. 31 Here.:)
Luke 3:23-38 King James Version (KJV)
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. 4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.
6Jesse was the father of David the king.
David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. 7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa. 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. 9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah. 11Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. 13Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. 14Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. 15Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.
16Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.Matthew 1:2-16 NASB
Actually there is a connection. Matthew has the bloodline of Joseph, and contains Jechonias who the prophets said that none of his descendants would sit on the throne of Judea.
Luke has the geneaology of Mary going back to an obscure son of David, Nathan.
Not so fast. Mary was in the line of David thru David’s eldest son Nathan (eldest while David was King of Israel). Joseph was also in the line of David thru Solomon, David’s second son while King of Israel. Documented in Matthew and Luke.
The angel stories in Matthew are in reference to Joseph.
The angel stories in Luke deal with Mary.
Since this the birth narrative, it is reasonable that the Marian focus is paramount in the entire birth narrative in Luke.
Also, fwiw, Nathan was the younger full brother of Solomon via David & Bathsheba. So, in either instance, it was the designated kingly line. Solomon’s line, however, led to Jeconiah who was prophetically stripped of the kingship and any of his descendants.
That is what is so great about the internet, no matter how ignorant you are, you can still post your opinion.
And some people waste as much as 30 seconds on a Google search to figure out if they have any idea what they are talking about.