| Joseph = "let him add"
1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob 2. the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ, Lk 3:30 3. the son of Judah [or Judas; better Joda] another ancestor of Jesus, Lk 3:26 4. the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ, Lk 3:24 5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus 6. a half-brother of Jesus Mat. 13:55 7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favoured Jesus. Mt. 27:57,59; Mk 15:43,45 8. Joseph surnamed Barnabas Acts 4:36 9. Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23 |