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The Lost One
In the New Testament, no where does the Bible explicitly say who were Mary’s parents. Nor does it ever say from which tribe she belonged to.
Most of the time, the gospels would say she was “mother of Jesus” or “wife of Joseph”, but it never say who was her father or who was her mother.
But in Luke 1, Mary is linked to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth was said to be the descendant of Aaron (Luke 1:5), and therefore a Levite, and it also say Elizabeth was Mary’s relative or kinswoman (1:36), which would implied that she also Levite.
I have noticed some Christians here would say that Mary was a descendant or the “daughter of David”, but such linkage to King David never mentioned, not even alluded to. Only Joseph was ever mention to be a descendant of David, not Mary.
And we have 2 family trees of Jesus, from gospels of Matthew and Luke, both mentioning only Joseph’s name to different fathers:
The only time that I have seen Mary’s parents being explicitly named, comes from the apocryphal text, the Gospel of James, written in the 2nd century CE, which stated that Joachim was her father, not Luke’s Heli. Anne was said to be Mary’s mother. (See Infancy Gospel of James (Roberts-Donaldson translation) at Early Christian Writings.)
Whether the Gospel of James’ claim of Mary’s parents being Joachim and Anne is true, no one really know, because there are no ways to confirm it, since neither Luke’s, nor James’ have legal papers, like a birth certificate, or tombstone of Mary that says whose her parents were. But the gospel of James is only the source that indicate Mary was a “daughter of Joachim”.
And the only name mentioned in the NT, that is linked to Mary (other than Joseph and Jesus) is Elizabeth, a descendant of Aaron.
Your thoughts?
Most of the time, the gospels would say she was “mother of Jesus” or “wife of Joseph”, but it never say who was her father or who was her mother.
But in Luke 1, Mary is linked to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth was said to be the descendant of Aaron (Luke 1:5), and therefore a Levite, and it also say Elizabeth was Mary’s relative or kinswoman (1:36), which would implied that she also Levite.
I have noticed some Christians here would say that Mary was a descendant or the “daughter of David”, but such linkage to King David never mentioned, not even alluded to. Only Joseph was ever mention to be a descendant of David, not Mary.
And we have 2 family trees of Jesus, from gospels of Matthew and Luke, both mentioning only Joseph’s name to different fathers:
- “16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.” Matthew 1:16
- “Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son (as was thought) of Joseph son of Heli,” Luke 3:23.
The only time that I have seen Mary’s parents being explicitly named, comes from the apocryphal text, the Gospel of James, written in the 2nd century CE, which stated that Joachim was her father, not Luke’s Heli. Anne was said to be Mary’s mother. (See Infancy Gospel of James (Roberts-Donaldson translation) at Early Christian Writings.)
Whether the Gospel of James’ claim of Mary’s parents being Joachim and Anne is true, no one really know, because there are no ways to confirm it, since neither Luke’s, nor James’ have legal papers, like a birth certificate, or tombstone of Mary that says whose her parents were. But the gospel of James is only the source that indicate Mary was a “daughter of Joachim”.
And the only name mentioned in the NT, that is linked to Mary (other than Joseph and Jesus) is Elizabeth, a descendant of Aaron.
Your thoughts?
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