Bible Person
Meaning: the gift of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference
This Mattathias entry appears in Luke 3:25 as the father of Joseph, not as the Hasmonean leader known from later history. He belongs to the long ancestral chain through which Luke presents the humanity of Christ. First appears in Luke 3:25.1
AI summary: This Mattathias matters because his single cross reference helps carry Luke's genealogy through otherwise quiet generations. The entry contributes to the evangelist's portrayal of Jesus as rooted in real human history rather than abstract myth. Taken together, the material presents this Mattathias as a genealogical figure in Luke's line of descent.1
Central Figure
Mattathias
Meaning: the gift of the Lord
The son of Amos, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25).
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Luke |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.