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I did a quick look, but tbh I would need to know more about ancient judaic wedding practices.
Here goes: in Gospel by Luke, when Mary gets the announcement, they are betrothed (fiancée).
In Gospel by Matthew, Joseph hears of this and wants to cancel the betrothement, but gets an explanation by an angel and "takes her in" but doesn't sleep with her until after Jesus is born.
In Gospel by Luke, when they arrive in Bethlehem, they're called betrothed. So I don't know how official and extensive the "taking in" is to be seen.
Anyways, look what I found in the Song of Mary:
luke 2 verse 5 in the king james version i grew up with:
luke 1 verses 26 and 27
now i always took that espoused in context to mean betrothed, not married. although i was never 100% up on marriage customs of the time. they had a formal relationship, were planning on being married, she claims she was a virgin and she was very pregnant. that's what i got.
Which is very unclear considering it is a translation. Besides is it ever mentioned they lived together. They travel together to pay taxes yes
Sounds like He needs to get back to work.
That's the interesting one, where she turns up pregnant, and Joe is pissed because he hasn't slept with her, and he wants nothing to do with this slut, but some "angel" shows up, who looks like he could be one of her uncles or something, and explains how it's not her fault, and Joe is going to "do the right thing, capisce?" and Joe agrees, but he still thinks she's still a slut.
Good story, bro.