A Righteous Man (δικαιος). Or just, not benignant or merciful. The same adjective is used of Zacharias and Elizabeth ([Reference L…

Her husband. The word in the original does not imply that they were married. It means here the man to whom she was betrothed.

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Joseph her husband — The word was applied with strict accuracy from the moment of betrothal onward.

Mary was betrothed to him, and he was saddened and perplexed when he learned that she would become a mother before they had been actually married. …

St. John Chrysostom: After the Evangelist said that she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit, and without a man's kno…

Joseph did not know about the visit of an angel to Mary, but it eventually became obvious that she was pregnant. Because he was a righteous man, he…

As he was a just man. Some commentators explain this to mean that Joseph, because he was a just man, determined to spare his wife…

Then Joseph her husband
To whom she had been betrothed, and who was her husband, and she his wife according to the J…

Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God entered into this lower world, until we learn to despise the vain honors of this world …

Here is related the third series of fourteen in Christ’s generation, which proceeds through private persons. Concerning this Jechonias, as was said…