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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.
|Joseph was a righteous husband and thus did not want to publicly shame her, so he decided to divorce her privately.
|Her husband Joseph was a righteous man, and 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 making a public example (δειγματίσαι) of Mary, but was righteous (δίκαιος) and 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 making a public example (δειγματίσαι) of Mary, but was righteous (δίκαιος) and did not wish to put Mary through that.
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