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Explore Jesus’ household, biblical relatives, apostolic families and close friends. Every connection is labelled so explicit Scripture is never confused with a probable identification or later tradition.
The people explicitly placed in Jesus’ home and immediate family setting by the Gospels.
Luke explicitly calls Elizabeth Mary’s relative, but does not state the exact degree of kinship.
Some people are named directly; other family connections depend on comparing parallel accounts.
The supplied chart places these people near Jesus, but Scripture presents them as friends, disciples or witnesses rather than relatives.
Central person
The New Testament presents Jesus as Mary’s son and as Joseph’s legal or earthly son, while affirming his conception by the Holy Spirit.
“Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”
The canonical texts introduce them differently and never explicitly merge their identities.
Both names occur in Scripture, but Scripture never states that they refer to the same man.
Similar names in Matthew and Luke are not enough to establish that they were one person.