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One of the clearest pieces of evidence is a divorce record from 111 AD, coincidentally between a couple named Mary and Joseph, that was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Greek word here translated as divorce is aphiemi , and the only other time it appears is in 1 Corinthians 7:11 where Paul uses it to describe the legal separation of a man ...
Matthew 2:16 is the sixteenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.. Joseph and Mary had been visited by an angel and told that Herod would attempt to kill Jesus, their son.
The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha.Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.
Alleged "Mary's well" in Nazareth, 1917. In Matthew 2:23, the return to Nazareth is said to be a fulfilment of the prophetic word, "He shall be called a Nazarene".It is not clear which Old Testament verse Matthew might have had in mind; many commentators suggest it is Isaiah 11:1, where it says "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit" (): the ...
Mary and Joseph headed back home and after a day of travel realised Jesus was missing, so they returned to Jerusalem, finding Jesus three days later. [3] He was found in the Temple in discussion with the elders, "listening to them and asking them questions". [ 4 ]
The burial of Jesus refers to the entombment of the body of Jesus after his crucifixion before the eve of the sabbath.This event is described in the New Testament.According to the canonical gospel narratives, he was placed in a tomb by a councillor of the Sanhedrin named Joseph of Arimathea; [2] according to Acts 13:28–29, he was laid in a tomb by "the council as a whole". [3]
Mary Magdalene is mentioned by all gospels apart from Luke, who mentions no individual. Mary, mother of James and Joseph/Joses is mentioned by Matthew and Mark. The others are mentioned by one gospel only: Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary, the mother of the sons of Zebedee; Salome; a sister of Mary, mother of Jesus; Mary of Clopas.
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.