:TEXT: "and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ" : p1 S B C K L P W Delta Pi 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz most Lect some lat vg syr(p,h,pal) cop : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: "and Jacob the father of Joseph, to whom being engaged the virgin Mary bore Jesus, who is called Christ" : Theta f13 one Lect many lat : NEBnNOTES: "and Jacob the father of Joseph; Joseph, to whom the virgin Mary was engaged, was the father of Jesus who is called the Christ" : syr(s) : NEBn : The second reading seems to have originated from a desire on the part of copyists to make sure the reader understood that Mary was still a virgin at the time Jesus was born. The third reading seems to be a translation of the second where the translator put the sentence in the same form as the earlier verses, thus inadvertently having Joseph father Jesus.