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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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Mary were<br />

extremely poor, as appears—not indeed from his<br />

being a carpenter,<br />

since a trade was regarded as almost a religious<br />

duty—but from <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong>fering at <strong>the</strong> presentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong> in <strong>the</strong><br />

Temple.^ Accordingly, ^stLokeu.<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir betrothal must have been <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> simplest, <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> dowry settled<br />

<strong>the</strong> smallest possible.* Whichever <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two<br />

modes <strong>of</strong> betrothal *®<br />

may have been adopted: in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong><br />

witnesses—ei<strong>the</strong>r by<br />

solemn word <strong>of</strong> mouth, in due prescribed<br />

formality, with <strong>the</strong> added<br />

pledge <strong>of</strong> a piece <strong>of</strong> money, however small, or <strong>of</strong>

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