Matthan
Matthan was a son of Eleazar and the grandfather of Joseph, husband of Mary, named in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus Christ. Nothing beyond his name and place in the lineage - two generations before Joseph - is recorded in Scripture.
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Biography
- Father
- Eleazar
- Era
- Exile / Second Temple
Family
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Some scholars have proposed identifying Matthan (in Matthew's genealogy) with Matthat (a name appearing in Luke's differing genealogy of Jesus, Luke 3:24), though the two genealogies diverge significantly at this point and the identification is far from certain.
Key Chapters
Key Passages
From the Exile to Joseph
Matthew 1:15
Matthan stands just two generations from Joseph, near the very end of the long chain of largely unrecorded names that Matthew preserves from the exile onward.
15nd Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;