圣约瑟 Joseph, St.

　　活动时期西元前1世纪～西元1世纪

　　《新约》里记载的玛利亚的丈夫和耶稣基督的世俗父亲。他是大卫的后裔，是拿撒勒的一个木匠。他与玛利亚订了婚，当他发现玛利亚已经怀孕时，有位天使来到他的面前告诉他说，未来的孩子是上帝的儿子。他和玛利亚一起去到伯利恒，罗马的人口普查把他们统计在内。他们在那里时，孩子降生了。〈路加福音〉里最后一次提到约瑟，是在他和玛利亚带着十二岁的耶稣去耶路撒冷的时候。

　　In the New Testament, the husband of Mary and the earthly father of Jesus. Descended from the house of David, he was a carpenter in Nazareth. He was betrothed to Mary, and when he found her already pregnant an angel appeared to him in a vision and told him the expected child was the son of God. He and Mary journeyed to Bethlehem to be counted in the Roman census, and while they were there the child was born. The last mention of Joseph occurs in the Gospel of Luke when he and Mary take the 12-year-old Jesus to Jerusalem.

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