(Matt. 1:24–25). Note that Joseph’s genealogy calls Joseph “the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ” (v. 16). Luke 3:23 says, “He [Jesus] was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,” and that phrase can be translated “as accounted by law” or “as written in the family register.” During His ministry, Jesus was called “the son of Joseph” by the people, but they didn’t understand that Jesus came into the world through a miraculous birth (4:22; John 1:45; 6:42; see also Matt.