ISB ~ Luke 1 v32 - 33

Jesus is the awaited Messiah from David’s dynastic line (2 Sam 7:12-16; Ps 89:26-29; 132:11; Is 9:6-7). Following Jewish custom, Joseph’s legal fatherhood was equivalent to natural fatherhood in matters of inheritance. Joseph thus confers the privileges of a Davidic descendant upon Jesus (1:27), whereas God the Father anoints him as king (Mk 16:19) (CCC 437).