How old was Joseph when he married Mary?

Answer 1

No one really knows for sure. A lot of people just guess or make up random ages. Ask 20 different people and you will get many different answers. A lot of artwork portrays Joseph and Mary as roughly the same age, but this is most likely untrue.

In those days, life expectancy was much shorter due to a variety of reasons (diet, disease, healthcare, hard labour, etc) so girls were married and had children at younger ages than they do today. We would think of men in those days as pedophiles as they married and had sex with girls who were much younger than 18 years of age.

According to some accounts, Mary was around 12-14 years when she was married to Joseph. It doesn't appear as if it was her choice. More like she was given to him. Joseph himself was thought to be much more elderly. Some guess he was in his forties, while some Roman Catholics say that he was as old as 90. It is likely that they say this to remove any doubt that Joseph may actually have been the father of Jesus.

Regardless, it is unclear. It seems however that Joesph was a much older man and that Mary was just hitting puberty.

Answer 2

Christian faiths differ on this. Mary is usually assumed to be much younger than Joseph. Mary's age at the time of the birth of Jesus is placed between 14 and 24 years of age. Some Christian faiths put an exact age on her while others a range. Joseph is most often assumed to be over 40 years old and some Christians believe him to be as old as late 60s. Other Christian faiths put Mary and Joseph both in their mid twenties.

Answer 3

Since Jesus only lived ( on earth ) 33 years, he wasn't still on earth ( physically ) when Joseph and Mary died. Wow I'm only a 10 year old and I figured it out. I guess I'm really smart. I have a 146 IQ.

A New Testament perspective:The deaths of Mary and Joseph aren't recorded in scripture. Mary was present at the crucifixion, however (John 19:25), and she and Jesus' "brethren" were in Jerusalem following the ascension (Acts 1:14), so she clearly "outlived" Jesus.

On the other hand, Joseph is last seen alive in scripture in Luke chapter 2, when Jesus was twelve years old. By the time Jesus began His ministry at the age of 30 (Luke 3:23), Joseph is seen no more. This infers that he died at some point during that 18-year interval.

Answer 4

Mary was probably around 14 or 15. Joseph was about 40 years old, he was actually quite an old man in comparison the Mary.

Answer 5

When Jesus was born Mary was about 14 and Joesph was about 16-20 Years old.

Hope it helped!

Answer 6

In those days the girls got married young, so Mary must have been 19 years old at the most.

Answer 7

Mary was 14, Joseph was around 33.

Yes, there was a HUGE age difference.

( The Bible says Mary was 14)