Mary's 10 Year Pregnancy!

[Drich]

I've answered this a dozen times.

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.

THEN. WHY. CHECK. HER. FOR. VIRGINITY???

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.

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.

If Mary was pregnant, and was to be married to Joseph, would you think he'd ask wft is up with your baby bump? Your going to be my wife and now your pregnant, with someone else's baby?!?!

What do you think her response would have been?

She would have told him the whole Holy Spirit story. Which according to mat 2 Joseph did not believe till he was visited by an angel himself. Meaning Mary to this point would NOT have been checked.

With me so far?

Now they go to get married. Where do the have to go to get married? The Temple. And if Joseph noticed Mary was pregnant then the priest would have noticed. He would have looked to Joseph and said wtf? Couldn't you wait? Joseph would have to had told the truth or be subject to punishment befitting his supposed sex crime. When he said no the priest would have turned to Mary and asked if what Joseph said was true. If she said no, She would have been expected to provide 'proof.' If Joseph was not the father then they would have inquired to the natured of the pregnancy because this was an illegal act outside of marriage. Then she would have said she was still a virgin.

Thus requiring the priest to have her checked. If for no other reason than to prove that she committed a Hersey.

Do you STILL not understand?