However, Mary stood by the cross and was with Jesus when he died. Many of Jesus' apostles were scared of the Roman soldiers and ran away. Thirty-three years later, Jesus was killed by crucifixion. She gave birth in an animal shed, because Mary and Joseph could not find a room to stay in. There, she gave birth to the baby, Jesus. Joseph came from Bethlehem, which was called The City of David.
Everyone had to go back to the town that their family came from, to have their name put on the tax lists. In a dream Joseph was told that Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit.Īt this time, the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, made a law that everyone in the Roman Empire had to pay a tax. Īccording to the law that Israelites follow, Joseph had the right to divorce Mary publicly, but he did not. May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren for nothing will be impossible for God.” Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. The angel told her that God had made her pregnant through a miracle. Mary asked the angel how she could be pregnant, since she was a virgin. The angel also said that Jesus would save people from their sins.
The angel told Mary that she should call her son Jesus. The Gospel of Luke says that the angel Gabriel came to Mary to tell her that she would give birth to a son. The Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke say that Mary was a young woman who was engaged to be married to a man called Joseph. Mary in the Bible Ĭhristian beliefs about Mary are based on the Bible.
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