Do we know anything about Mary and Joseph before,?
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We know from Jewish records of familiy history that Mary was born at home, but after being weaned from her mother, she was sent to live in the temple, as were many other girls and boys during this time and culture.\n\nShe was raised and educated in the temple until she was close to puberty.  Boys could live in the temple past puberty, but girls could not, as they would be defiling the temple at the onset of puberty as per levitical law.\n\nWhen she was brought back home, her parents set out to marry her off and Joseph was the one chosen to be her husband.  From this point on, there was a one year waiting period in which she would continue to live at home and wait for Joseph to come and claim his bride.\n\nThere is actually more of Mary's childhood written in the Quran (copied from Jewish records) than in the bible. I find that quite interesting especially from those who claim that the bible was put together by Catholics for Catholics, as they would have put everything they could have about Mary if they had put the bible together.\n\nThere are also some false writing that have endured over the years about both Mary and Joseph.  You would have to compare them to secular records of times of births and deaths to try and judge truthfullness and accuracy.\n\nI have not researched Joseph's background and truthfully there is not much available for research.  There is a lot of speculation, but not much authentic truth to go on.
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No she did NOT. Mary was only pledged to be married to Joseph.\n\nMary was a person conceived without original sin as she was the chosen one to bear the Son of God. \n\nMary & Joseph did not have any physical relationship. So before Mary & Jospeh came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. \n\nYou can read the whole Holy Bible. Every thing is written and happened under the name of Lord Jesus, the Son of God. Even in the old tesimony God has indirectly told about the birth of the Christ.\n\nAccording to my knowledge, You are an anti-christian and placed this question here to insult Virgin Mary, the Mother of God and make fun of the Catholics with the anti-christ answers.\n\nIt doesn't matter if you believe or not, people answer possitively or negatively....the Truth is "Truth". No one can change it. \n\nMay the Blessed Mother pary to God for you that God may enlighten your mind to understand the truth.
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I have always heard that Jesus had half siblings. Why would he not, when Mary and Joseph were husband and wife? Sorry, all you Catholics out there. \n\nAll in all, it's very exciting evidence.
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"There were three who always walked with the Lord: Mary, his mother, and her sister, and Magdalene, the one who was called his companion. His sister and his mother and his companion were each a Mary."\n  \n\nWAS JESUS MARRIED TO MARY MAGDELAN?\n\nI am going to talk to you today about 2 things.\n\n1. Who sat next to Jesus at the Last Supper\n2. Was Jesus EVER MARRIED\n\n\nWhy talk about the last supper picture? If you look at the pictures carfully -- the person sitting at the left side of Jesus looks very much like it would be Mary Magdelan. \n\nSome say this must be the Wife of Jesus\nThey say "It is the positon of the WIFE to sit at the left side during supper time."\n\nThere are many different pictures of "The Last Supper"\n\n* Here is one picture:\n\nhttp://www.puzzlehistory.com/supper1a.jpg\n\n\n* Here is a picture from Leonardo Da Vinci:\n\nhttp://www.adherents.com/images/Leonardo_LastSupper.jpg\n\n* Here is a picture of Operah's Last Supper:\n\nhttp://www.cegur.com/oprah/LastSuppernew.jpg\n\nwhere operah depicts herself as Jesus...\n\n\nWHO IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF JESUS?\nIS THAT JOHN? OR MARY MADGELINE?\n\nthe following is a close up on the picture of the person sitting to the Left of Jesus:\n\nhttp://www.da-vinci-code.nl/johanna.gif\n\n=======\n\nI think According to most art historians the persons is most probably the disciple John. In the 15th and 16th century it was very common to paint John beardless and feminine. Even now, the disciple John is painted without a beard in most cases.\n\nIn the Da Vinci Code a lot is being said about Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper. Dan Brown claims there are a lot of hidden messages hidden in the fresco, which is still on display in the Santa Maria Della Grazie church in Italy.\n\nRobert Langdon tells Sophie Neveu in the De Da Vinci Code that the person who sits next to Jesus is not the disciple John. It is in fact Mary Magdalene. Langdon explains that this is clearly visible because the person next to Jesus looks female.\n\nWHAT... MARY MAGDALENE?\n\nTrue? Untrue? It is hard to say anything about this. Leonardo da Vinci never said something bout it and we can't ask him why he painted John/Mary the way he did it.\n\nSOME BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS MARRIED...\n\n"There were three who always walked with the Lord: Mary, his mother, and her sister, and Magdalene, the one who was called his companion. His sister and his mother and his companion were each a Mary."\n\nSome take this to mean that Marry Magdalene was the WIFE of Jesus.\n\nWHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THIS?\n\nDID JESUS HAVE A WIFE?\n\nIt has long been believed that Jesus was single. Every detail of Scripture indicates this. When he was in ministry, there is no mention of a wife. When he was tried and crucified, there is no mention of his having a wife. After his death, there is no mention of a wife. Whenever Jesus' family is referred to, it is his brothers and sisters who are mentioned, but never a wife. Nor is there any indication that he was widowed.\n\nAttempts to suggest that any of the many women associated with his ministry were, in fact, his wife are empty speculation. This includes the woman with the alabaster container who anointed Jesus (read Luke 7:36-50). This woman's act was shocking and would not have been nearly so surprising had she been his wife.\n\nQuestion: If this woman was the wife of Jesus then WHY WERE THEY SHOCKED when she anointed Jesus?\n\nThe church was not embarrassed to reveal that its leaders were married-or to suggest that they had the right to be. The same would have been true of Jesus, if he had been married. READ (1 Corinthians 9:5)\n\nHere is the MAIN ARGUEMENT:\nIt is often suggested that because Jesus was a teacher and functioned like a rabbi that he would have been married as well, since that was the Jewish custom. Sometimes it is noted that the apostles called him 'rabbi' (Mark 11:21).\n\nTHE ARGUEMENT ABOVE
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there could be a huge possibility that the person beside jesus is mary magdalene and not an apostle (i think its peter) no one may ever know. it all depends on ones belief or research. \n\nsome people do believe that the cup of christ is mary magdalene and as the book "the da vinci code" explains to us that jesus may have had an offspring with mary magdalene, and that she started the merovingian blood line. \n\nsome people may say this as blasphemy or in-accurate but remember that there is still no REAL proof that jesus ever exsisted, we all base it on the bible and other written records but found not even one real evidence that he ever lived. so who could say that the person beside him is not a woman..
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no.  there was a show on a few weeks ago about his siblings, and how if he was holy, wouldn't they be to?  It was an interesting show, but there is no DNA from Jesus left today, not even on the shroud of Turin, which some claim is a fake anyway.
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Oh heck who is mary???
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That is nowhere in the Bible, it says that she found favor in God's eyes. So did several other people in the Bible, but they made mistakes, they were only human. Mary was just the woman God chose to give birth to Jesus, she wasn't sinless, just favored.
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The Scriptures give no reason why Mary should have remained a virgin.So did Jesus have any half brothers and half sisters?\nThat Mary had other children besides Jesus is clear from the questions asked by Jesus' townfolk who where well acquainted with his family:"Where did he get all this?What kind of wisdom is he endowed with?....Is this not the carpenter,the son of Mary,a brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon?Are not his sisters our neighbours here?"-Mark6:2,3,NA.\nThat Jesus had natural (half)brothers is also indicated by the fact that on one occasion he was told that'your mother and your brothers are standing out there and they wish to speak to you'We further read that "not even his brothers had confidence in him"-Matt.12:47;John 7:5,NA
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not i dont believe that there are any, but there is a little bit of information on Zepaneth Panea, not completely sure how to spell it. I did research on this about 2 years ago. remember after pharoh died came another phaorh who knew not joseph and etc. that is what the bible says. i dont have the information anymore because my pc was killed in hurricane katrina and all the info was in there. just start a yahoo search and look up the correct spelling of his egyptian name and his wifes name too and i promise you will find some even though it is very little.......
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According the the story, God caused Mary to conceive, thus being his father.  Mary did not have sex with Joseph.  He was like a surrogate father to Jesus. OK?
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Mary is significant only in that God needed someone to give birth to His only begotten Son.  Putting any more importance on her than that is not scriptural, and erroneous.\n\nThis I believe; http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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Neither Mary nor Joseph, nor Jesus' brothers seem to know he is the Messiah.  I guess they just kind of forgot about the whole angel visitation and virgin birth thing.
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These are all part of the same myth.\nNot much is known about the life of Jesus as he was unimportant in his own lifetime. Subsequent generations have filled in the gaps with their own speculation.\nAs you can see from some of the answers.
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http://www.thepeacebeads.com/ourlady/mary.htm
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that's great....I have also wondered the same question.\n\nIt was Gabriel who came to Mary and "gave her the message of God" *wink wink*
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For all of Mary’s piety and distinction as Jesus’ mother, there was a woman who had been actively searching for the Messiah, though neither her faith in his coming nor her devoted affirmation of his arrival have ingratiated her to the annals of memory. The Bible calls her Anna, and she was both a prophetess of Christ’s coming, and the first person mentioned to ever proclaim Jesus as the Christ and Saviour. \n\nFrom all accounts, Anna was a gentle, elderly woman of supreme faith and commitment to God and His works. She was a scholar of the Torah, and believed whole-heartedly in the proclamations of Isaiah and Micah. \n\nThis link gives more information about Anna.