Luke genealogical ancestor
Eli, Ancestor of Jesus
genealogical ancestor
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also: Eli
Eli is named in Luke’s genealogy as the father of Joseph.
Eli, Ancestor of Jesus, is the Luke genealogical ancestor identified as Joseph’s father in Luke 3:23. The passage introduces Jesus as beginning at about thirty years of age and as being regarded as Joseph’s son; it then names Eli in Joseph’s line. Eli is named in at least one verse, all within Luke. The available evidence gives no further description of him.
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Luke 3:23
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