Heli
Tribe of Judah
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Heli was the father of Mary and the maternal grandfather of Jesus.
Heli appears in Luke's genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:23) as the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, placing him in the Davidic line in the generation immediately preceding the birth of Jesus. His position in the genealogy has generated significant discussion in biblical scholarship, as Matthew's genealogy names Jacob as Joseph's father (Matthew 1:16), leading to various harmonizing theories involving levirate marriage or the distinction between legal and biological descent. Heli is otherwise unknown outside this genealogical reference.