Matius 1:18

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, ¹  she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Matius 2:20

2:20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”

Matius 12:50

12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is ²  my brother and sister and mother.”

Matius 13:55

13:55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? ³  And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

[1:18]  ¹ tn The connotation of the Greek is “before they came together in marital and domestic union” (so BDAG 970 s.v. συνέρχομαι 3).

[12:50]  ² tn The pleonastic pronoun αὐτός (autos, “he”) which precedes this verb has not been translated.

[13:55]  ³ sn The reference to Jesus as the carpenter’s son is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to his mother…Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1-2; John 4:41; 8:41; 9:29).