He did not have an intimate relations between a husband and wife. This is also something that God ask men not to have intercourse while pregnant anyway temperance in all things is very important to God and Joseph was a very good respectable man.
Hi Angie, we see the same wording with Adam and Eve ... Genesis1:4 And Adam Knew Eve his wife and she Conceived and bare Cain and said I have gotten a Man from The Lord..... One Cult believes that Satan Knew Eve and that is how Cain was Conceived, when I shared this Scripture with him he would not accept it they may have deleted it like other Cults do in their Bibles when it shows their in error.
He knew her not - is a term used when two people have not yet consummated their marriage. They have not yet come together in their marriage bed, which is why Mary was still a virgin.
I am confused the end of chapter 1 it says Joseph knew her not until she had brought forth her newborn son Jesus. what does that mean he knoew her not?
The Genealogy of Jesus is written in a book which is in Heaven. It goes something like this: God, Jesus and all the saved which will be opened at the end of this world and we shall live with him forever.
There is a specific reason the bloodline follows Joseph-has to do with Jewish custom when someone is a stepson. See Chuck Missler's study for Matthew on Youtube or at Koinoinia House I got the study CD package from my local library . In Luke, Chapter 3, you find Jesus' other lineage which shows Jesus' bloodline starting at with Jesus then Mary's father Heli! Study your Bibles!
Man kind is divided among many different ideologies, theologies and diverse doctrines that the vale remains over their spiritual eyes. If you do not believe Gods word for what it says then believe the lie of who God is in the flesh. Matthew's account gives a clear picture of the prophesied coming Christ. Jesus is the Christ the immaculate conception confirms JESUS who is God not born of sin.
Angels don't have sexual intercourse, they are spirits. The thing is that there is a misunderstanding, the sons of God that came to the earth and had progeny the annunaki , very likely were beings from other planets extraterrestrial . Many gods of different religions were just extraterrestrial aliens using advanced technology that were misinterpreted as gods.
Virgil, Absolutely great question. Why indeed. The geneology of Joseph is irrelevant since he is not the blood father, and of Mary is also irrelevant since in Jewish law the tribe ONLY goes after the father, as long as the mother is Jewish. There is only 1 answer, but I cannot say it here!
Jewish Society is based upon a Patriarchal Male system. God promised Abraham, because he listened to his Voice, that through his seed all Nations would be Blessed. Genesis 22:18
Correction I said I had a KJV bible --RYRIE Study Bible I was wrong it's a New American Standard the KJV bible that I do have has all the thee's thou's .
What did Jesus say about it? He said that we all maybe saved the shedding of His blood and Him being the sacrifice for our sins. He suffered for mankind that means all of us. The Lord says in His word He is no respect of persons. He also said don't add to His word and don't take away from it. God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are real.
Verse 19 This shows the deep love that Joseph had for Mary. Even though he didn't understand fully what was happening he didn't want Mary to be put to death or publicly shamed.
According to Hebrews 7:14 our Lord and Christ is from the tribe of Judah. This is how we know the identification of this person because we know in Deuteronomy chapter 28 the tribe of Judah we're black slaves that were taken in captivity put on slave ships brought to America and sold to other people.
Scriptures I know of that indicates angels might be able to have sex. Genesis 19:5 men of Sodom wanted to have sex with the angels, and some think that Genesis 6:4 talks about angels having relations with people. It also says some look like normal people Heb. 1:14, Hebrews 13:2, etc.
Jesus is of the line of David through Solomon who was the chosen seed not Nathan who was the forefather of Mary. Hint: Mary had sex with Joseph her husband not Gabriel the angel. Hint: Angels don't have sex nor commit adultery.