Joseph was the husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus.
Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife,
for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
He took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt.
Joseph of Nazareth is the husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus. He is a son of David. An angel tells him not to fear to take Mary as his wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. He obeys. He names the child Jesus. He takes the child and His mother to Egypt, and later to Nazareth. He is not the father of the conception. Luke is plain: Jesus was the son, as was supposed, of Joseph. He is not Joseph the son of Jacob.
- He is a just man. He resolves to divorce Mary quietly, then obeys the angel instead.
- The line in Matthew runs to him. The legal right of David comes through this Joseph.
- He is present at the birth, the presentation, and the Passover when Jesus is twelve. He is not named in the ministry years.
Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife.
He called his name Jesus.
He took the child and his mother to Egypt.
The son, as was supposed, of Joseph.
- Joseph is the husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus.
- The conception is from the Holy Spirit, not from him.
- He is a son of David, and a just man.
- He obeys the angel: takes Mary, names Jesus, flees to Egypt, settles in Nazareth.
- Luke says Jesus was the son, as was supposed, of Joseph.
- He is not Joseph the patriarch, and not Joseph of Arimathea.
- The Husband – Of Mary.
- The Line – Son of David.
- The Obedience – He did as the angel commanded.
- The Name – He called Him Jesus.
- The Care – Egypt, then Nazareth.
- The Limit – Not the father of the conception.
- Matthew 1:18-25 – “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit… He called his name Jesus.”
- Matthew 2:13-14, 23 – “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt… He went and lived in a city called Nazareth.”
- Luke 2:4-7, 33 – He went up from Nazareth to Bethlehem with Mary. His father and mother marveled at what was said about the child.
- Luke 3:23 – “Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph.”
Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
He called his name Jesus.
Being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph.
Legal father. Son of David. Not the father of the conception. Not the patriarch. He obeyed the angel and guarded the child.
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