* Luke's genealogy goes back to Adam, through a minor son of David, Nathan and apparently again to Joseph.
* Matthew's genealogy commences with Abraham and then from King David's son Solomon follows the legal line of the kings through Jeconiah, the king whose descendants were cursed, to Joseph, legal father of Jesus.
* Christ's ancestry in art; the [[http://orthodoxwiki.org/St. Nicholas Monastery Andros Greece|Root of Jesse]] icon
== The genealogy according to Luke ==
{{stub}}#[[Adam]]#[[Seth]]#Enos#Kenan#Mahalalel#Jared#[[Enoch]]#[[Methuselah]]#Lamech#[[Noah]]#Shem#Arphaxad#Cainan#Shelah#Eber#Peleg#Reu#Serug#Nahor#Terah#[[Abraham]]#[[Isaac]]#[[Jacob]]#Judah#Perez#Hezron#Ram#Amminadab#Nahshon#Salmon#Boaz#Obed#Jesse#[[David]]#Nathan#Mattaha#Menna#Melea#Eliakim#Jonam#Joseph#Judah#Simeon#Levi#Matthat#Jorim#Eliezer#Joshua#Er#Elmadam#Cosam#Addi#Melchi#Neri#Shealtiel#Zerubbabel#Rhesa#Joanan#Joda#Josech#Semein#Mattathias#Mahath#Naggai#Hesli#Nahum#Amos#Mattathais#Joseph#Jannai#Melchi#Levi#Matthat#Heli#[[Virgin Mary|Mary]] and [[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]]*#[[Jesus]] *The Genealogy of Christ according to [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] is probably following Mary's descendants instead of Joseph's.
== The genealogy according to Matthew ==
{{Stub}}#[[Abraham]]#[[Isaac]]#[[Jacob]]#Judah and Tamae#Perez#Hezron#Ram#Amminadab#Nahshon#Salmon and Rahab#Boaz and Ruth#Obed#Jesse#[[David]] and Bathsheba#[[Solomon]] and Naamah#Rehoboam#Abijam#Asa#Jehosaphat#Jehoram#Uzziah#Jotham#Ahaz#Hezekiah#Manasseh#Amon#Josiah#Jeconiah#Shealtiel#Zerubbabel#Abiud#Eliakim#Azor#Zadok#Achim#Eliud#Eleazer#Matthan#Jacob#[[Joseph the Betrothed|Joseph]] and [[Virgin Mary|Mary]]*#[[Jesus]] *The Genealogy of Christ according to [[Gospel of Mathew|Mathew]] is following the descendants of Jospeh.
== Other accounts ==
