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To: HypatiaTaught

“Under 18 is under 18.”

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/do-we-know-how-old-mary-was-when-she-had-jesus.html

In this passage of Scripture, we are not told Mary’s age, yet we are told she was a virgin and was pledged to be married to Joseph. During this time in history, Jewish girls would have been betrothed (engaged) to their husbands as early as the age of 12-years-old. Scholars believe Mary would have been somewhere between 12-16 years old when she had Jesus (Ibid.).

Given the biblical account and the Jewish cultural practices in Mary’s day, the most plausible age Mary would have been when she had Jesus was most likely 15 or 16-years-old. It is believed that Mary would have been about 14 years old when Gabriel gave her the news of the Lord being born to her (Ibid.).


74 posted on 12/30/2022 4:57:55 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: PapaBear3625

It is believed that Mary would have been about 14 years old when Gabriel gave her the news of the Lord being born to her (Ibid.).
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But Cronus inherited the fear of his father and believed that one of his offspring would later take his throne. So, when they were born, he swallowed them. However, Rhea was expecting a sixth child and fearing it would share the same fate with her other children, she secretly gave birth on a mountain in Crete and hid the newborn there. She named the child Zeus.

and of course there is Santa Claus...


217 posted on 12/31/2022 6:29:50 AM PST by HypatiaTaught ( Born Free, Live Free, Die Free)
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