How old was Mary when (supposedly) God made her pregnant?

Answer 1

The Bible does not mention how old Mary was

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Answer 2

ESTIMATE AGES OF LAST 14 GENERATIONS TO JESUS

After Jehoiachin son #48, there were 13 generations before Jesus the 14th person, but son #62 in genealogy. Matt.1:1-17;

The last 14 generations has 606 years to Jesus in Roman #6 Empire at age 43 to have a son is 602 years, Mary is probably age 30 to 33 and Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist is older than Mary. John is about 6 months older than Jesus.

Answer 3

There is no information on this at all. We assume that she was in her teens, but the gospels give no clues, and the assumption is based on guesses.

In fact, the way she carried herself in the stories was with more maturity than a typical teen, and her "cousin" Elizabeth was elderly.

Some of the answers given above are obvioiusly biased. One claims being a virgin implies a young age. This is only true in sexually permissive societies where the only virgins are under 10. I know several women in the Philippines who are virgins and past age 40 (a few past age 60). In ultra-conservative societies, this is common.

The Protoevengelian mentioned above is a questionable source. The author is unknown, the date of the text is unknown, and the claims of Mary's status in the book are sometimes comical. The book was written in a fictional manner, not in a journaling manner like the gospels were (some call it "episodic", not "journaling").

Answer 4

Probably in her mid-teens -- but before you go off the deep end and start calling God a pedophile, remember that 21st-century standards don't come close to applying to such things 2,000 years ago.

Remember that, on average, life spans were a good 25 or 30 years shorter back then than they are today -- meaning that things had to happen earlier in life for people, marriage and having children included.

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Answer 5

In our, todays standards , Mary would have been a child, not the adult that the fancy book portrays... Let's say perhaps 12 or 13 as she would have had to have been old enough to conceive , even if it was a God who was respecting her in the morning ..

Answer 6

Why does that matter:?
Sarah was 100 when she gave birth to Isaac.
Why does this age constraint concern you:? The Word of GOD doesnt give her age. The only thing I could find is that when she visited Elisabeth (mother of John the Baptist); Elisabeth referred to her as a woman, so we only have our own guess work at hand, as a woman could have meant anyone who went thru puberty and had a first menstrual cycle? IDK? I always gathered about 16 or 17? More modern societies as you know do not claim adulthood until age 18.

Answer 7

13 or 14

Answer 8

Around 13yrs old approx. Few people made it to 50yrs old in those days so they started earlier, as soon as menses began they were considered sexually mature adults, that can sometimes be earlier like 11yrs old. It would not have been uncommon in that region in and in those times anyway.

Answer 9

The Qur'anic account of Jesus starts with the conception of his mother, Mary. The wife of Imran, Mary’s mother, vowed to dedicate her child to the service of God in the temple. Zacharia, who took charge of Mary, used to find food with Mary. When he asked her how she got it she answered that it was from God. The Quranic verses read:
When the wife of Imran said, 'Lord, I have vowed to you, in dedication, what is within my womb. Please accept it from me. you are the Hearer and knower'. And when she gave birth to her she said, 'Lord, I have given birth to her, a female... And I have named her Mary end commend her to you with her seed, to protect them from the accursed Satan.' Her Lord received the child with gracious favor, and by His goodness she grew up comely, Zacheria taking charge of her. Whenever Zacharia went to her in the Sanctuery, he found her provisioned. 'Mary', he said, 'how comes this to you? ''From God', she answered. Truly God provisions for whomsoever He will without reckoning. (3:95-7)

GLAD TIDINGS AND JESUS'S BIRTH
When Mary became a woman, the Holy Spirit (the Archangel Gabriel) appeared to her as a man bringing her the news of a son. We read the following dialogue in the Qur'an between Mary and the angels:
When the angels said, 'Mary. God gives you good tidings of a Word from Him whose name is Messiah Jesus, son of Mary; high honored shall he be in this world and the next, near stationed to God. He shall speak to men in the cradle, and of age, and righteous she shall be.' 'Lord', said Mary, 'how shall I have a son seeing no mortal has touched me? 'Even so' he said, 'God creates what He will.' When He decrees a thing He does but say to it, "Be", and it is.' (3:45-7)
Mary conceived the child miraculously and retired to a distant place where she awaited her delivery. The Qur'an in a chapter entitled 'Mary’ tells us how Mary felt and what the Jews told her when she brought the child home:
She conceived him and withdrew with him to a distant place. And the birth pangs surprised her by the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, 'would I had died before this. and become a thing forgotten.' The one from below her called to her, 'Do not grieve; see, your Lord has set below you a rivulet. Shake also toward you the palm trunk. and there shall come tumbling upon you dates fresh and ripe. Eat therefore, and drink, and be comforted; and if you should see any mortal, say. "I have vowed to the All-Merciful a fast, and today I will not speak to any man." Then she brought the child to her folk carrying him; and they said, ‘Mary, you have surely committed a monstrous thing. Sister of Aaron, your father was not a wicked man, nor was your mother a woman unchaste.' Mary pointed to the child. but they said, 'How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little child?' He said, 'Lo, I am God's servant; God has given me the Book and made me a Prophet. Blessed he has made me, wherever I may be; and he has enjoined me to pray. and to give the alms, so long as I live, and likewise to cherish my mother; he has not made me arrogant or wicked. Peace be upon me, the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised up alive.' (19:22-23)

Answer 10

The bible does not mention this, but it is likely that she was in her early-late teens, as this was the age fairly commonly that women were promised in marriage around this time in history and in this culture.