Joseph, the husband of Mary

Cultural  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Behind the group is Joseph, the husband of Mary, in an attitude which is very common in the old pictures.

From Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.'—MATT.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

Matthew, after naming twenty-four generations as filling out the line, and making it complete between David and Jacob, concludes by saying, "and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary."

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

That tomb on the left is the tomb of Joseph, the husband of Mary.

From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie

And very soon after these wise men had gone away, the Lord sent another dream to Joseph, the husband of Mary.

From The Wonder Book of Bible Stories by Marshall, Logan