Today, in the subsequent story to the conception of Jesus, Matthew tells us that Joseph was not the father of Jesus, and that he wanted to dismiss Mary on account of her supposed adultery. It was then when he was told that what is conceived in Mary is from the Holy Spirit (cf. Mt 1:20). This implies a new approach to the entire genealogy.

However, the genealogy is still important: Joseph is the legal father of Jesus. Through him He belongs by law, "legally", to the house of David. And, yet, He comes from elsewhere, “from above ", from God Himself. The mystery of His 'provenance', His dual origin, confronts us quite concretely: His origin can be named and yet it is a mystery. Only God is truly His "Father" in its true meaning.

-The human genealogy has certain significance in terms of world history. And yet in the end it is Mary, the lowly virgin from Nazareth, in whom a new beginning takes place, in whom human existence starts afresh.