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Luk 3:31. Τοῦ Ναθὰν, Nathan) [Luke substitutes him for Solomon, who is put down by Matthew here in this series, because that Mary drew her descent from Nathan, or else because Joseph derived his genealogy alike from Solomon and from Nathan; for it was a common practice of the Jews to adopt some one of their nearest relatives in the place of a son.-Harm., p. 148] This Nathan, the son of David, is a man very memorable. Zec 12:12 [where in the future repentance of the Jews, “the families of the house of David,” and those of the “house of Nathan mourn apart”]. Sohar Num. on Isa 40:8, Cheph Zibah wife of Nathan son of David is mother of the Messiah. Schœttgen on this passage.