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To: Full Court; jo kus
Matthew 1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS

That simply means, in the past tense, that she was a virgin -- that up to that time there was no conjugal relationship between +Joseph and Mary.

The verse does not say "he knew her after she had brought forth her firstborn..." so, ad minimum, the Protestants should remain neutral, because the Bible is silent on what transpired afterwords.

6,645 posted on 05/15/2006 10:20:02 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; annalex; jo kus
1 Kings 1:4
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him:
but the king knew her not.

Matthew 1:25
And knew her not till
she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

6,647 posted on 05/15/2006 10:30:42 AM PDT by Full Court (click on my name to see the baby!!)
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