(February 9, 2015 at 3:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Is not this man the child, the son of Mary ....
In a fucked up patriarchal society like first century Judaea, what man would say that? Women didn't count for shit.... like in muslim areas today. No one would have given a single fuck about "Mary."
They might have said, "is not this man the child, the son of Joseph...the cuckold?"
What if they knew Joseph wasn't his actual father? That way that verse is worded has always confused me also. Did they think Jesus was illegitimate?