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Matthew 1-9 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 03:44, October 29, 2009
, 03:44, October 29, 2009→Chapter 1: betrothed/husband is the term used; replaced humiliation with "public example" because that is literally what the Greek says and what Joseph's right would have been
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|Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
|Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
|Jospeh was a righteous man and thus felt he should divorce her, but he did not want to humiliate her, so he wished for the divorce to be private.
|Jospeh was a righteous husband and thus did not want to publicly shame her, so he decided to divorce her privately.
|This emphasizes that Joseph is right to object to suspected adultery, but that even in these circumstances, divorce is a last option. Furthermore, "divorce" in this context is the breaking of an engagement, and the voiding of an obligation to marry the girl. Joseph could have insisted on a public trial of the matter, but did not wish to put Mary through that.
|This emphasizes that Joseph is right to object to suspected adultery, but that even in these circumstances, divorce is a last option. Furthermore, "divorce" in this context is the breaking of an engagement, and the voiding of an obligation to marry the girl. Joseph could have insisted on a making a public example (δειγματίσαι) of Mary, but was righteous (δίκαιος) and did not wish to put Mary through that.
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