Thursday, December 15, 2016

Jesus was thought to be conceived due to adultery

The Biblical account is clear that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18). However, it is not difficult to imagine that many who heard this story during his life would doubt it, just as many doubted that he was raised from the dead. In fact, we have a number of anti-Christian polemic in historical sources, most notably the Talmud and the writings of Celsus, suggest that Mary was involved with a Roman soldier who got her pregnant out of wedlock. Among devout Jews, claims such as these would alienate Jesus as a child, and perhaps into adulthood, though it must be admitted that the gospels themselves spend no time focusing on this part of Jesus’ life, so this claim is more speculative than others I’ve discussed during advent.

Jesus was (falsely) thought to be conceived due to adultery. He was also God in the flesh, Lord, and Savior.

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