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1 | Until | Matt 1:25 | DocTrinsograce | 135269 | ||
Having been informed of the divine origin of Mary's pregnancy, Joseph was no doubt honoring what was holy. It puzzles me that one might suppose that two people who were so obviously obedient to the Lord would have an abnormal marriage. | ||||||
2 | Until | Matt 1:25 | msgzzz | 136580 | ||
Here's what John Calvin wrote: There have been certain folk who have wished to suggest from this passage, [Matt. 1:25], that the Virgin Mary had other children than the Son of God, and that Joseph had then dwelt with her later; but what folly this is! For the gospel writer did not wish to record what happened afterwards; he simply wished to make clear Joseph’s obedience and to show also that Joseph had been well and truly assured that it was God who had sent his angel to Mary. He had therefore never dwelt with her nor had he shared her company.4 John Calvin, Sermon on Matthew 1:22-25, 1562. From commentary of John Calvin on Mathew 13:55, "The word brothers, we have formerly mentioned, is employed, agreeably to the Hebrew idiom, to denote any relatives whatever; and, accordingly, Helvidius displayed excessive ignorance in concluding that Mary must have had many sons, because Christ's brothers are sometimes mentioned. |
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3 | Until | Matt 1:25 | DocTrinsograce | 136918 | ||
I'm glad you are attending carefully to the instruction of Calvin. It will serve you well! | ||||||