Early in his gospel, Luke writes that Jesus “was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph” (3:23)—stressing the fact that Joseph played no biological role in Jesus’ miraculous birth.

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Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt. ... He could tell the Jesus, Mary and Joseph story of his wife, Melania. But he doesn’t.

In the New Testament we read many times about Jesus' brothers and sisters. Some are named and appear in the Early Church. There is no family tree or a passage explaining it, but if we piece together ...

As Christmas draws near, Luke 2:4-7 tells the story of Christ's birth. Pastor Lucas Miles of Influence Church in Indiana says that Christ came to die and to give himself for the sin of the world.

A second fresco shows a bearded man holding a small child—likely Joseph the Carpenter with the infant Jesus—flanked by disciples and accompanied by Coptic inscriptions.

Jesus, Saint Joseph, and the Power of Making All Weeks Holy. Detail of St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus, c. 1620s, by Guido Reni. (Public domain/via Wikimedia) Share Comments Listen.