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We simply don't know. We know that when Jesus was 12 years of age, both Mary and Joseph took him to the temple in Jerusalem, as recorded in the gospels. So Joseph was alive then. However, by the time he started his ministry at the age of around 30, Joseph is not mentioned at all,(except for a brief mention when the synagogue officials in Nazareth exclaim 'isn't this the carpenter's son?), nor does he appear in the accounts in which Mary appears (like the wedding at Cana and the crucifixion), so we can assume that by then Joseph is no longer around. This is not particularly helpful as he could have died any time in the 18 years or so between these times. This reflects the importance, or lack of it, that the gospel writers placed on Joseph as they regarded him as Mary's husband rather than Jesus' father - whom thy regarded, of course, as God.

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