(September 19, 2013 at 9:59 am)Drich Wrote: I've answered this a dozen times.THEN. WHY. CHECK. HER. FOR. VIRGINITY???
Mary was to marry Joseph
Joseph knew he did not Father a child with Marry
That meant to joseph, that Mary while bethrothed to him she had sex with someone else.
How can this be difficult to understand? She was pregnant. Up until this point, it's reasonable to conclude that the number of women who became pregnant without having sex was ZERO. Had she insisted that she was pure in spite of the growing baby in her belly, they may as well have started grabbing stones.
Quote:What did Herod do when he did find out?Ah, so that's why. God feared for his life if too many people found out.
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