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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3; Dr. Brian Kopp

from your post #19 above:
And Joseph knew her not TILL she brought forth a son. He knew her ever since.

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No, that is not stated, nor does it necessarily follow from the text. Again, I will copy and paste the relevant response:

1. The conjunction “until” in Scriptural usage expresses what has occurred up to a certain point, and leaves the future aside. Thus God says in the book of Isaias: “I am till you grow old” (Isaias 46:4). Are we to infer that God would then cease to be? Again, God says to His Divine Son: “Sit Thou on My right hand until I make Thy enemies Thy foot-stool” (Psalm 109:1). Will the Messias, once His enemies are subdued, relinquish His place of honor? St. Matthew’s principal aim was to tell his readers that Christ’s birth was miraculous and that Joseph had no part in the conception of Mary’s child. His statement is confined to this point.

In itself the statement, “He knew her not till she brought forth her first-born Son,” neither proves Mary’s subsequent virginity nor contains an argument against it. Speaking as he does, the Evangelist in no wise affirms that the abstention mentioned by him ceased after the expiration of the time indicated.

http://www.cathtruth.com/catholicbible/evervirg.htm


47 posted on 05/31/2011 12:46:39 PM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: Deo volente

Again please I do not want to read your scripture twisting. I was pointing out the illogical statement of another.


53 posted on 05/31/2011 12:55:36 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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