Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. The husband of Mary. The evangelist gives us rather the pedigree of S. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Hebrews, who in their genealogies took no notice of women: but as they were near akin, the pedigree of the one sheweth that of the other. Challoner.—Joseph the husband of Mary. [4] So he is again called, verse 19: but in verse 18, we read, when Mary his mother was espoused to Joseph. These different expressions of being husband, and being espoused, have occasioned different interpretations. Some think that Joseph and the blessed Virgin were truly married at the time of Christ’s conception: others, that they were only then espoused, or engaged by a promise to marry afterwards. S. Jerom says, when you hear the name of husband, do not from thence imagine them to be married, but remember the custom of the Scriptures, according to which, they who are espoused only, are called husbands and wives. Witham.—That Jesus, who is called Christ, was of the seed of David, is also evident, as Saint Augustine affirms from various texts of the holy Scriptures, as in the epistle to the Romans, where Saint Paul, (chapter 1) speaking of the Son of God, says, who was made to Him of the seed of David, according to the flesh. See also the promises made to David, 2 Kennicott. 7 Psalms 88 and 131 and spoken of Solomon, as a figure of Jesus Christ. E.
“Jesus” means “Salvation”.