Mat 1:16 | CPDV | STEP | And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Matthew 1:16

16 And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ^{▼▼1:16Notice that after many uses of the formula ‘one man conceived another man,’ the passage does not say that Joseph conceived (genuit) Jesus. The break in this formula indicates the understanding of Matthew and of the Church from its earliest days, that Joseph was not the biological father of Jesus.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼1:16 The husband of Mary: The Evangelist gives us rather the pedigree of St. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Hebrews, who in their genealogies took no notice of women; but as they were near akin, the pedigree of the one shows that of the other.(Challoner)}