Jesus had a family tree. And in Matthew’s telling, it is not sanitized: “Nothing is simplified, erased or invented,” Pope Francis wrote about Jesus’ genealogy in a recent letter on the ...

We can also find, in the genealogies of Christ from Matthew and Luke, some interesting people in Jesus’ family tree. For instance, you might be surprised that there were several gentiles, meaning that ...

In this interpretation, after Joseph of Arimathea initially buried Jesus in an empty tomb, his body may have later been laid to rest in this family plot, said James Tabor, a historian at the ...

Drawing 42 branches of Jesus’ family tree. GOTCHA - Jarius Bondoc - The Philippine Star. December 25, 2024 | 12:00am. Of the four evangelists, Matthew was unique in tracing Jesus’ lineage ...

However, critics say that not all the names are a match. Here, some of the boxes from the Jesus family tomb. (Credit: Aryeh Shimron.) Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now.

Jesus’s grandmother, Anna, after the death of Mary’s father, Eli, married Cleophas. They had a daughter identified as “the other Mary” to distinguish her from her half-sister, the Virgin.

It’s a simple story. Jesus is surrounded by crowds, undoubtedly eager to encounter his healing touch. His family arrives to see him, but they can’t get to him because of the thick mass of people.