In the Book of Leviticus 12:1-8, the law gives the requirements for women who bore children. In Mary's case she bore a Son and so forty days after the birth she had to go to the temple and offer a sacrifice. In this case the offering was a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons (Luke 2:22-24).
Joseph and Mary recognized Jesus in the temple.
AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary went to the Temple for Mary's purification, then travelled straight back to Nazareth in Galilee.
Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth, engaged to Mary. When Mary became pregnant with Jesus through the Holy Spirit, Joseph initially planned to divorce her quietly. However, an angel appeared to him in a dream, explaining the divine nature of Jesus' conception and instructing Joseph to take Mary as his wife. Joseph obeyed, fulfilling the prophecy of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem.
Joseph and Mary were married at the time of Jeusus birth.
Mary and Joseph were Jewish the same with their son Jesus.
Mary married Joseph in the town of Nazareth before the birth of Jesus.
It took Mary and Joseph a total of three days to locate Jesus in the temple.
Neither Mary or Joseph took any pigeons to the temple.
Joseph, Mary's husband
Mary and Joseph had Jesus circumcised on the eighth day. Later, they took Him to the temple to be presented to the Lord as was required on the birth of the firstborn child and offered turtledoves.
Mary had only one child - Jesus. Joseph was the foster father of Jesus. After the birth of Christ, Mary remained a perpetual virgin and had no other children by Joseph.
Mary and Joseph witnessed the birth.