Matthew 1:16
Douay-Rheims
And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Jerome
The attentive reader may ask, Seeing Joseph was not the father of the Lord and Saviour, how does his genealogy traced down to him in order pertain to the Lord? We will answer, first, that it is not the practice of Scripture to follow the female line in its genealogies; secondly, that Joseph and Mary were of the same tribe, and that he was thence compelled to take her to wife as a kinsman, and they were enrolled together at Bethlehem, as being come of one stock.
Source details
A.D. 420 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 1:16
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.