Joseph and Mary, What comes to mind when you hear those names? Perhaps it’s the famous nativity scene, in which the pair is shown swooning over the newborn baby Jesus in a manger. Alternatively, it could be a hugely pregnant Mary riding on the back of a donkey on her route to Bethlehem. But, if you think about it, you’ll find you don’t know much about the rest of their exceptional lives. So these are the details that almost all of us ignore.
Few Know These Details About Mary And Joseph, Who Are Crucial To Jesus’ Story
Mary And Joseph Faced Adversity
Mary and Joseph, like practically everyone else in Nazareth, which was then a little and generally unnoticed Galilean village, were impoverished. Mary, whose Hebrew name was Miriam, was born into the peasant classes, which comprised 90% of the local population. Joseph belonged to the more affluent artisan classes, but his income was likely to be lower than that of a peasant. Christ’s parents battled to make ends meet on a daily basis, and a high tax burden did not help. In truth, Mary and Joseph were subject to three large levies: one for the temple, which demanded a tenth of their annual harvest, one for Rome, and one for Herod the Great. This monarch, then known as the King of Judea, has autocratic tendencies and served as a client ruler to the Roman Emperor.
Mary And Joseph Faced Adversity
