What town did Mary and Joseph come from?

Answer 1

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Matthew's Gospel tells us that the Judean town of Bethlehem was the home town of Mary and Joseph. It was not until after the death of King Herod that they turned aside and travelled to Nazareth in Galilee, because it was still too dangerous for them in Judea.

Luke's Gospel tells us that the Galilean town of Nazareth was the home town of Mary and Joseph. They only spent a short time in Bethlehem because of a census ordered by Caesar Augustus, through the Syrian governor, Quirinius (6-12 CE).

Answer 2

A:Mary and Joseph make one return journey together in Luke's Gospel and two different journeys in Matthew's Gospel.

In Luke's Gospel, Mary and Joseph travelled from their home in Nazareth, to Bethlehem where Jesus was born. A few weeks after Jesus was born, the travelled back from Bethlehem to Nazareth, via Jerusalem, where they presented Jesus at the Temple.

In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem was actually the home town of Mary and Joseph, so they did not need to come from anywhere else. However, some time soon after the birth of Jesus they had to flee from their home in Bethlehem to Egypt, for fear of King Herod who wished to have Jesus killed. After the death of Herod, perhaps some years later, they began the return journey back from Egypt to their home in Bethlehem but, being warned in a dream, turned aside and travelled to Galilee, where they settled in a city called Nazareth.

Answer 3

Matthew's Gospel says that Bethlehem, Judea was the home town of Mary and Joseph. This is demonstrated by the fact that the wise men found Jesus in a house, not a stable. They fled from Bethlehem to Egypt until after the death of King Herod, and then began the return journey to Bethlehem but, being warned in a dream, turned aside and travelled to a new home in Nazareth in Galilee.

Luke's Gospel says that Nazareth, Galilee was their home town. They travelled to Bethlehem for a census and then returned peacefully home to Nazareth, via Jerusalem, just a few weeks after the birth of Jesus.

Answer 4

AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, Joseph and Mary came from the city of Nazareth to go to Bethlehem.

In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem seems to have already been the home town of Joseph and Mary. In this gospel, they came from nowhere, and only emigrated to Nazareth some years later, after their sojourn in Egypt.

Answer 5

From the little bit of information in the New Testament Mary and Joseph may have been from Nazareth. Joseph allegedly was of the lineage of King David. We do not have Mary's family tree history. There is an abundace of speculation and "wish-it-were-true-so-it-is", but no definitive information exists.

Answer 6

(Luke 1:26-33) 26 In her sixth month, the angel Gaʹbri·el was sent from God to a city of Galʹi·lee named Nazʹa·reth, 27 to a virgin promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of David's house, and the name of the virgin was Mary. 28 And coming in, the angel said to her: "Greetings, you highly favored one, Jehovah is with you." 29 But she was deeply disturbed at his words and tried to understand what kind of greeting this might be. 30 So the angel said to her: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And look! you will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. 32 This one will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and Jehovah God will give him the throne of David his father, 33 and he will rule as King over the house of Jacob forever, and there will be no end to his Kingdom."

Answer 7

Matthew's Gospel indicates that Mary and Joseph lived in Bethlehem until the birth of Jesus, but then moved to Nazareth after a sojourn in Egypt. Luke's Gospel says they lived in Nazareth, both before and after the birth of Jesus.

Answer 8

Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that in Matthew's Gospel, Mary and Joseph lived in a house in Bethlehem, which was presumably their ancestral home town, whereas in Luke's Gospel they came from Nazareth and only visited Bethlehem because of a census.

Answer 9

Another answer from our community:I only know that Joesph came from Bethlehem

Answer 10

Jerusalem..