Were Joseph and Mary married?

Answer 1

yes and no

i believe they married after the birth of Jesus, looking up the passage now :)

edit : 8 minutes later -
Mary and her husband-to-be, Joseph, lived in a town called Nazareth. But they had to travel to the city of Bethlehem to register for a census ordered by the Roman emperor
more on the link, from what this says, they were married after the birth of Jesus...

Answer 2

Yes, in fact there is a pretty cool story about Mary's birth and growing up in the Lost Books of the Bible. Sure it's just a story, no facts to back it up, but it's a cool story nonetheless.

But the part in it you are asking about is where Mary is offered as a virgin to be married, and Joseph, an older man with a wife already, doesn't participate in the ceremony to see who is going to be her husband. All the men were supposed to put their staff into a tub and God would tell them. Well, nothing happened, then someone noticed Joseph hadn't put his in. When he did, the thing grew flowers and a bird landed on it or something like that lol.

Thing is, he wasn't real happy about doing it, and just after the marriage ceremony he left and didn't come back for a couple of months. By then, she was pregnant and he knew HE wasn't the father, so of course he was ticked off lol

Answer 3

Yes. The accounts show Joseph almost called it off until an angel appeared to him to tell everything was alright and the son would be important. Then he went on with the marriage.

Answer 4

They were betrothed (engaged) and not yet married at the conception of Jesus Christ. Joseph, being a just man, was going to put her away secretly when he learned she was with child but an angel appeared unto him telling him that the child was concieved by the Holy Spirit and that the child would be the Son of God. He later married her and they both fled to Egypt in order to save Jesus from king Herod who wanted to kill him.

Answer 5

particular, Mary and Joseph have been given married, in Luke 2:5 it says that Mary became Joseph's 'espoused spouse'. additionally in Matthew one million:24 it says that Joseph took Mary unto him to be his spouse. (additionally examine v. 20-24 of Matt one million) And particular, they had different infants. Matt. 12:forty six, Mark 3:31, and Luke 8: 19 point out Jesus' mom and brethren waiting for him. additionally Matt. thirteen: fifty 5 and Mark 6:3 point out Jesus' brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas (or Juda), and likewise the Mark 6:3 refers that he had sisters too.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

The story was written so long after Jesus' death that there's little we can really know about it.

The whole New Testament was written decades after Jesus died, if he existed at all. Paul was the earliest writer, and he didn't include any details about Jesus' early years. That whole mythology was made up later in the Gospels, which were written decades after Paul. Just like other myths and urban legends, the stories get more and more details as the years go on. That's why you see far less information in the earlier writings. Even Mark, the earliest of the Gospels, had less detail then the other four, and that text, itself, was obviously edited in later years. For example, there are several versions of Mark that have been found, each with different endings in Chapter 16.

Answer 8

yes. see what had happened, joseph found out she had been impregnated and didn't wanna marry her. but an angel told him she had had sex with no one... it was a God thing. so he went ahead and married her and she had baby Jesus later. after that, he had joseph's children, too.

Answer 9

Yes. He married her before the birth so he could claim the child as his own.

Answer 10

From what I remember in the New Testament I believed they were engaged but then later married.