TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.” (Matthew 1:19 KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: Being convinced that Mary’s condition proved her to be unchaste and unfaithful, Joseph, being a just man, decided to divorce her privately rather than to create a public scandal that would leave Mary either permanently stigmatized or possibly stoned to death.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: We don’t know if Mary had explained to Joseph that her condition was caused by a miraculous conception, which had been previously announced to her in an angelic visitation. We only know, that if she had, Joseph didn’t believe it, leaving Mary not only in a most precarious and perilous predicament, but also in need of divine intervention to substantiate her seemingly suspect story.