Why Do You Say That?

Timothy Stanley: If mary was about to be married in accordance with the normal course, she would have simply rejoiced and said, praise god. Mean, joseph are going to have a son who's going to be the messiah. He says it had not been revealed yet that the child would be born in a non sexual way,. And so mary would have no way of knowing. It would be impossible for her to know, because this requires revelation. She doesn't say, how shall this be? But als also, you'll notice, protestant commentators will often say they were engaged. There was no such thing as engagement the first century in hebrew culture