1:16 Matthew’s genealogy apparently traces the legal ancestry of Jesus through his stepfather or adoptive father, Joseph, the husband of Mary. Joseph was not the biological father of Jesus (1:20). Nevertheless, according to the legal reckoning of his ancestry, Jesus was the heir of David’s throne. Luke 3:23–38 apparently records the genealogy of Jesus through his mother Mary, but this opinion is not certain. 1:16 The Greek pronoun translated whom is feminine singular; it refers only to the virgin