Jesus was REGARDED as the son of Joseph

tonychanyt said:

Berean Study Bible Luke 3:


known, supposed
ἐνομίζετο (enomizeto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3543: From nomos; properly, to do by law, i.e. To accustom; by extension, to deem or regard.

Strong's Concordance:


Thayer's Greek Lexicon:


Luke used this Greek word to hint that Joseph was not the biological father but a legal one.

Barnes:


I don't think Joseph went through the formal legal proceedings to adopt Jesus. Nonetheless, Joseph considered Jesus his own son, having all the legal inheritance rights when Joseph died.

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I don't think in those days there were any formalities in Israel to recognise a particular child as your son other than notifying your relatives and community (possibly priests) yourself. The Romans did have such a thing for Roman citizenship though as it carried special rights.

Marriage also was a private matter - one didn't to go a synagogue / church or local government to get married - two families would organise that themselves. Marriage is a private covenant with public significance.

tonychanyt said:

Berean Study Bible Luke 3:


known, supposed
ἐνομίζετο (enomizeto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3543: From nomos; properly, to do by law, i.e. To accustom; by extension, to deem or regard.

Strong's Concordance:


Thayer's Greek Lexicon:


Luke used this Greek word to hint that Joseph was not the biological father but a legal one.

Barnes:


I don't think Joseph went through the formal legal proceedings to adopt Jesus. Nonetheless, Joseph considered Jesus his own son, having all the legal inheritance rights when Joseph died.

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There is what we mean by what we say, and then there is what Grace means by what we say, the two are not always the same;

In this case I see heaven declaring Yeshua to be Apʰrîyém the Birthright of Ishrael, who is the Son of Yowseph, he is the only person whom Yah is recorded as referring to as his Son, and Mary was reckoned as being of the northern kingdom (which was headed by Apʰrîyém);

The Jews reckon one's maternal descent to be their lineage, which is peculiar seeing how neither David nor Solomon had mothers that descended from Yehudah.

Ezekiel's prophecy declares that the two Kingdoms will no longer be divided, but united to form One new man, subsequently Yeshua descended from both kingdoms.

Laureate said:

In this case I see heaven declaring Yeshua to be Apʰrîyém the Birthright of Ishrael, who is the Son of Yowseph, he is the only person whom Yah is recorded as referring to as his Son, and Mary was reckoned as being of the northern kingdom (which was headed by Apʰrîyém);

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Sorry, but I don't know who or what "Apʰrîyém" is. I tried a google search, but got a message: "Your search - Apʰrîyém - did not match any documents.

David Lamb said:

Sorry, but I don't know who or what "Apʰrîyém" is. I tried a google search, but got a message: "Your search - Apʰrîyém - did not match any documents.

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Me too! lol...

I tried Hebrew and got Ephrim... maybe Ephraim??