In the Gospel of Luke, the genealogy appears at the beginning of the public life of Jesus. This version is in ascending order from Joseph to Adam. After telling of the baptism of Jesus, states, "Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was "son" of Heli, ..." (3:23) and continues on until "Adam, which was "son" of God." (3:38) The Greek text of Luke's Gospel does not use the word "son" in the genealogy after "son of Joseph". Robertson notes that, in the Greek, "Luke has the article "tou" repeating "uiou" (Son) except before Joseph".