Also, I learned that Joseph accepted this and that Mary would remain a virgin. We don't know when Joseph died, but Joseph was NEVER mentioned again after Jesus' birth. Mary was mentioned again, but not Joseph. It's assumed that he didn't live too much longer. But, who knows really.
Tradition, right? Not Scriptural.
From what I’ve learned Mary was consecrated to the Temple at her birth, that is, perpetual virginity. I believe that is what the consecration meant for baby girls.
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Source for this? Judaism never had a practice for this for women that I have ever come across so I am curious.
And Joseph is mentioned when Jesus was 12 so after his birth.
Joseph was NEVER mentioned again?
Are you sure? Look again, age 12 Jesus is supposedly (By the human understanding of His earthly parents) lost in the Temple. Who was looking for Him and extremely worried?
Well, there was that little trip to Egypt.
Joseph was still alive when Jesus was 12 years old because he and Mary both went looking for him and found him teaching in the temple.
Luke 2:41-50
[41] And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch, [42] And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast, [43] And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not. [44] And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day’s journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance. [45] And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.
[46] And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions. [47] And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers. [48] And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. [49] And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? did you not know, that I must be about my father’s business? [50] And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them. [Luke 2:41-50]