the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
The obvious problem with the view that Luke recorded Mary’s genealogy, a fourth view, is that he did not refer to Mary but wrote that his genealogy was Joseph’s. Advocates of this view explained the lack of reference to Mary this way. It was not customary among the Romans or the Jews to include the name of a woman in such a list. [Note: Norval Geldenhuys, Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, p. 151; Richard C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Luke’s Gospel, pp. 218-21.] Nevertheless Matthew mentioned four women in his genealogy, and Luke showed more interest in women than any of the other evangelists. [Note: See Tannehill, 1:132-39.] It seems unlikely that he would have refrained from using Mary’s name if he meant that this genealogy was hers.