<p>3:27 <i>The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri</i>- Lk. 3:27 in some versions describes Zerubbabel as the head / chief / leader. The term Rhesa is incorrectly rendered in many versions as a name. Perhaps Luke&rsquo;s point was that the Lord Jesus was the final Messiah, after the failure of so many potential ones beforehand. &lsquo;Zerubbabel the chief&rsquo; would then be a similar rubric to &ldquo;David the king&rdquo; in Matthew&rsquo;s genealogy (Mt. 1:16). It could be that Shealtiel adopted Zerubbabel.</p>