Protoevangelium of James

Ante-Nicene · to AD 325

2 passages across 2 books of the Bible · Who was this?

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  1. Mark 6:3
    And the priest said to Joseph, You have been chosen by lot to take into your keeping the virgin of the Lord. But Joseph refused, saying: I have children, and I am an old man, and she is a young girl. I am afraid lest I become a laughing-stock to the sons of Israel.

    The Protoevangelium of James, Section 9

  2. Matthew 13:55
    And the priest said to Joseph, You have been chosen by lot to take into your keeping the virgin of the Lord. But Joseph refused, saying: I have children, and I am an old man, and she is a young girl. I am afraid lest I become a laughing-stock to the sons of Israel.

    The Protoevangelium of James, Section 9

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