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Joseph, the husband of Mary
- In Christian belief, the foster father of Jesus , who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit without a human father. According to the Gospels , Joseph, the husband of Mary , was a carpenter; people occasionally called Jesus “the carpenter's son.” Jesus apparently learned that trade at Joseph's side.
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