I. MATTAN, or Mathan, Son of Eleazar, Father of Jacob, and Grandfather of Joseph, Husband to the Virgin Mary. St. Matth. i. 15, 16.Luke, Ch. iii. ℣ 23, makes Heli, Son of Matthat, to be Father to Joseph: But we are of Opinion that Heli is the same as Joachim, Father of Mary, and Father-in-law to Joseph: So that St. Matthew gives the direct Genealogy of Joseph, and St. Luke that of Mary. See our Dissertation before St. Luke, in which we endeavour to reconcile these two Evangelists, concerning the Genealogy of our Saviour.
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