Joseph was a descendant of David, at least, if you believe one of the two different lineages given for him in the new testament. The funny thing here, though is, it’s through Jeconiah (sp?) who was cursed by god so that none of his descendants would ever sit on the throne of god. Which, if we’re claiming that Joseph’s adoption of Jesus somehow made him eligible to be the messiah, the problem is that “messiah” was always first and foremost a king of the line of david…
oopps.
Mary was a levite, IIRC. (At least what’s-her-name-john-the-baptist’s-mum certainly was. Mary was her cousin, so it’s relatively probable that Mary was, too.)(we are never given a genealogy of mary, so maybe not, though.)
Joseph was a descendant of David, at least, if you believe one of the two different lineages given for him in the new testament. The funny thing here, though is, it’s through Jeconiah (sp?) who was cursed by god so that none of his descendants would ever sit on the throne of god. Which, if we’re claiming that Joseph’s adoption of Jesus somehow made him eligible to be the messiah, the problem is that “messiah” was always first and foremost a king of the line of david…
oopps.
Mary was a levite, IIRC. (At least what’s-her-name-john-the-baptist’s-mum certainly was. Mary was her cousin, so it’s relatively probable that Mary was, too.)(we are never given a genealogy of mary, so maybe not, though.)