Later, after Joseph's brothers faced the reality of their father's death, they asked themselves, "What happens if Joseph decides to hold a grudge against us? What if he pays us back in full for all the wrong things we did to him?"Majority Standard BibleWhen Joseph’s brothers saw that...
(Luke 2:41–49). Like Mary, Joseph failed to comprehend Jesus’ironicquestion, “‘Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’” The circumstances of Joseph’s death are unknown, except that he probably died before Jesus’ public ministry ...
Joseph - (New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian...
attributes his life to God rather than to his parents. His father’s death in Tyre initiates a second birth: Joseph became an orphan and enters a life characterized by difficulty and struggle. Joseph’s near-death experience on the gibbet marks the beginning of his third birth, one tha...
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. / But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!2 Samuel 18:33The king was shaken and went up to the chamber ...
This text follows searches for ultimate meaning: the basic religious dimension, the transcendent quality by which existence, happiness, and human suffering, hopes and expectations, heroic sacrifice and the affirmation of life, love and death receive some perspective.William P Frost...
The Death of Joseph 22Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father’s family. He lived a hundred and ten years23and saw the third generationof Ephraim’schildren.Also the children of Makirson of Manassehwere placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[c] ...
From the human relationship between a father and a son and between a husband and a wife it was not enough. Jesus began his public ministry without the presence of St. Joseph. Jesus had to go through the most challenging moments of his life, his bitter passion and death on the cross, wi...
Death of Joseph 22 So Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23 Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were also brought up on Joseph’s knees. 24 And Joseph sa...
After Herod’s death, the Lord instructed Joseph to return to Israel where Jesus grew into an amazing and wise young boy beyond his years (Luke 2:39-40). Joseph was a loving man who obediently took care and charge of the infant and his mother in every way a natural father would have...