I need info on Joseph? ( as in who was he)?

Question

who was joseph? plz help me....i'm confused th eguy with mary not the other one.....plz help

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Answer 1

Joseph was the 11th son of Jacob...sold into slavery by his brothers and became viceroy of Egypt prior to the enslavement of the Jews in Egypt.

or:

Joseph was the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Answer 2

Look in Genesis. Joseph was one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who was sold to nomads by his brothers for being a braggart. He in turned found himself in Egypt, where, after some trails and tribulations, became the second in command of that country. A famine forced the other brothers to go to Egypt to buy some food. Joseph, after many years, recognized them, but they didn't to him. After some harrowing accusations (as a test) from Joseph against his brothers, Joseph finally relented and showed himself to be their long-lost brother , after which they lived happily ever after...until the Egyptians forget who Joseph was, much to Jews dismay!

Answer 3

There is not much info on him. See matt. ch1, Luke 1,2,3. If you have a concordance-just look him up-it will list every verse that mentions the name of Joseph. There is another Joseph late in the gospels.

Answer 4

Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
LIFE

Sources. The chief sources of information on the life of St. Joseph are the first chapters of our first and third Gospels; they are practically also the only reliable sources, for, whilst, on the holy patriarch's life, as on many other points connected with the Saviour's history which are left untouched by the canonical writings, the apocryphal literature is full of details, the non-admittance of these works into the Canon of the Sacred Books casts a strong suspicion upon their contents; and, even granted that some of the facts recorded by them may be founded on trustworthy traditions, it is in most instances next to impossible to discern and sift these particles of true history from the fancies with which they are associated. Among these apocryphal productions dealing more or less extensively with some episodes of St. Joseph's life may be noted the so-called "Gospel of James", the "Pseudo-Matthew", the "Gospel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary", the "Story of Joseph the Carpenter", and the "Life of the Virgin and Death of Joseph".

Genealogy. St. Matthew (1:16) calls St. Joseph the son of Jacob; according to St. Luke (3:23), Heli was his father. This is not the place to recite the many and most various endeavours to solve the vexing questions arising from the divergences between both genealogies; nor is it necessary to point out the explanation which meets best all the requirements of the problem (see GENEALOGY OF CHRIST); suffice it to remind the reader that, contrary to what was once advocated, most modern writers readily admit that in both documents we possess the genealogy of Joseph, and that it is quite possible to reconcile their data.

Residence. At any rate, Bethlehem, the city of David and his descendants, appears to have been the birth-place of Joseph. When, however, the Gospel history opens, namely, a few months before the Annunciation, Joseph was settled at Nazareth. Why and when he forsook his home-place to betake himself to Galilee is not ascertained; some suppose -- and the supposition is by no means improbable -- that the then moderate circumstances of the family and the necessity of earning a living may have brought about the change. St. Joseph, indeed, was a tekton, as we learn from Matthew 13:55, and Mark 6:3. The word means both mechanic in general and carpenter in particular; St. Justin vouches for the latter sense (Dial. *** Tryph., lxxxviii, in P.G., VI, 688), and tradition has accepted this interpretation, which is followed in the English Bible.

Marriage. It is probably at Nazareth that Joseph betrothed and married her who was to become the Mother of God. When the marriage took place, whether before or after the Incarnation, is no easy matter to settle, and on this point the masters of exegesis have at all times been at variance. Most modern commentators, following the footsteps of St. Thomas, understand that, at the epoch of the Annunciation, the Blessed Virgin was only affianced to Joseph; as St. Thomas notices, this interpretation suits better all the evangelical data.

It will not be without interest to recall here, unreliable though they are, the lengthy stories concerning St. Joseph's marriage contained in the apocryphal writings. When forty years of age, Joseph married a woman called Melcha or Escha by some, Salome by others; they lived forty-nine years together and had six children, two daughters and four sons, the youngest of whom was James (the Less, "the Lord's brother"). A year after his wife's death, as the priests announced through Judea that they wished to find in the tribe of Juda a respectable man to espouse Mary, then twelve to fourteen years of age, Joseph, who was at the time ninety years old, went up to Jerusalem among the candidates; a miracle manifested the choice God had made of Joseph, and two years later the Annunciation took place. These dreams, as St. Jerome styles them, from which many a Christian artist has drawn his inspiration (see, for instance, Raphael's "Espousals of the Virgin"), are void of authority; they nevertheless acquired in the course of ages some popularity; in them some ecclesiastical writers sought the answer to the well-known difficulty arising from the mention in the Gospel of "the Lord's brothers"; from them also popular credulity has, contrary to all probability, as well as to the tradition witnessed by old works of art, retained the belief that St. Joseph was an old man at the time of marriage with the Mother of God.


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Answer 5

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Answer 6

he is the earthly/step father of jesus who married mary.he traveled with her to bethlehem and protected her good name and accepted the responsibility of raising jesus. he was a carpenter. you can also look at americancatholic.com, he is a saint in the catholic church,this website pertains to catholicism and has a link to a comprehensive list of saints,you will find some more information on joseph there. hope this helps and god bless.

Answer 7

there is very little info on Joseph at all. We just know his genealogy. There is no information on when, how he died. He is not mentioned later on in the gospels unlike Mary

i assume you're talking about Jesus' father because you made reference to mary

Answer 8

He was the old man who took Mary because she had got herself knocked up and no one else would have her. Her parent had to get her married off quick before she was stoned to death. They did that to girls who got pregnant out of wedlock in those days. xx

Answer 9

husband of Mary who was the one who bore Jesus....His earthly parents

Answer 10

which Joseph