Joseph, the husband of Mary

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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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Then in the sixteenth verse it is said, “And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.”

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"Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called Christ."

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“Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus, who is called Messiah.”

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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."

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

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