mary & joseph didnt have sex to have baby jesus rite?
2007-12-22 08:08:06 · 29 answers · asked by ~*~*Divawhit*~*~ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
right hence the title "virgin mary"
2007-12-22 08:10:13 · answer #1 · answered by jose s 2 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Correct.
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit." - Matthew 1:18
See also Luke 1:26-38
2007-12-22 16:14:21 · answer #2 · answered by C 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Right. Mary was already pregnant by the Holy Spirit when Joseph married her (Luke 1, Matthew 1), and they didn't have sex until after Jesus was born (Matthew 1:25). The Catholic Church teaches that they never did.
2007-12-22 16:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by aida 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Correct, as has already been stated. The virgin birth is a sign of the Messiah. It is foretold both in Genesis as well as in Isaiah. The Messiah had to be born of a virgin. The sin nature is passed on through the seed of the father. The Messiah had to be born of a virgin to avoid the sin nature that would be passed on through the seed of the father. The Messiah had to be the perfect sacrifice - that means no sin nature. It was all an act of God in carrying out His plan for man's redemption.
2007-12-22 16:27:44 · answer #4 · answered by mr_e_cowboy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's right. In fact, at first Joseph didn't even believe that she was still a virgin when he found out. Joseph was going to break up with Mary until Gabriel came and told him that her son was from God. Ergo, she is called "Virgin Mary"
2007-12-22 16:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by Rose Willow 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
If not, then he wasn't the Messiah. The Messiah is born in the usual way between a married Jewish man and wife.
Not from some god swooping down and impregnating virgins. This is ancient paganism, that's where this comes from. It does not come from the Jewish bible, nor from Judiasm. The word there is not "virgin" nor has there ever been any concept of a virgin birth for the Messiah in Judiasm.
Why? Because that is not what God gave on Mt. Sinai. It comes from ancient pagan mythology, adopted by the Church.
2007-12-22 16:12:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Right..
Mary was a virgin...
Joseph wasn't Jesus' biological father
2007-12-22 16:11:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Not before the birth of Jesus I am sure when mary had recovered after it they did as he had brothers and sisters.
2007-12-22 16:11:20 · answer #8 · answered by Mim 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Correct
2007-12-22 16:10:17 · answer #9 · answered by mark777 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Correct. It was the Holy Spirit, this is why Jesus was both God AND Man.
2007-12-22 16:15:50 · answer #10 · answered by Jed 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. God wanted a Son, but he wanted his Son to spread good words. So he sent a child (Jesus) to Marys woumb.
But she was a virgin. The Virgin Mary.
2007-12-22 16:10:55 · answer #11 · answered by zz258 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋