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Who Was Mary, Mother of Jesus?

Steve Ray

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Questions Covered:

  • 30:09 - I thought Mary visited Elizabeth to learn about childbirth. Is this true?
  • 32:58 - Why were Mary and Joseph surprised at Jesus’ comment about being in his Father’s house after they lost him?
  • 42:23 - I was taught that the visit to Elizabeth was typological to David dancing in front of the Arch of the Covenant. Can you expound on that?
  • 44:16 - Can you explain the timeline of Joseph and Mary’s betrothal? Was it before, during, after the Visitation?
  • 49:32 - Would Simeon at the Presentation have remembered that this was the Mary that was pregnant outside of marriage and Joseph almost divorced?
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