Mary

[ashout]

does anybody know how old Mary was when she was impregnated with Jesus?

becuase I heard from someone that she was 16, and from others that she was 13 or 14. IF she was that young, then why are christians so repulsed about the idea of a 16 year old getting married these days?

and i tell you what, I have my doubts as to wheather a girl is ready for marrige at that age. maybe it should be 17. or is it 18... i think its 17 for marrige, and 18 for inappropriate contentography.

 

[Skala]

becuase I heard from someone that she was 16, and from others that she was 13 or 14. IF she was that young, then why are christians so repulsed about the idea of a 16 year old getting married these days?

Culture differences. There's a big difference between then and now.

And she was probably in her teens, yes. That was probably normal back then. Mary's situation was probably no different from the situation of many other women in those times.

 

[Bella Vita]

My study Bible says 13 or 14 because that is the age most girls back then would have been betrothed and she was to Joseph. They were not married yet they were at the stage were they could only break the contract with divorce but they had not yet consummated therefore were not married yet. The difference between her having a child at that age then and a girl having a baby at that age today is that a girl would have been married back then. Meaning she had a husband to provide for her emotionally and financially a girl that young today does not have a husband is going at it alone. Also back then women had to fully rely on men for money for everything women were not educated back then. Women can be educated today and can handle their own money there is not reason to have a child at 13 or 14 anymore. Not to mention they had children so young then because you were lucky to live to 40 years old people live way longer now.

A girl can have a child that young now but it is not what is the best for the child the father is almost never in the picture the finances are terrible. And it is just not needed for girls to become pregnant that young anymore things were very different back then.

 

[WinBySurrender]

becuase I heard from someone that she was 16, and from others that she was 13 or 14. IF she was that young, then why are christians so repulsed about the idea of a 16 year old getting married these days?

Jewish tradition holds that a young man or young woman comes of age at 13. Hence the celebrations of the bar mitzvah for boys and the bat mitzvah for girls. In the first century, it wasn't a tradition, it was real. They were expected to assume the role of adults on their 13th birthdays.

 

[ashout]

its so surprising. have you ever SEEN as 13 year old? they are still children!

 

[omanid]

Who knows...

 

[WinBySurrender]

its so surprising. have you ever SEEN as 13 year old? they are still children!

Now, definitely. Then, not so much. John was probably 14 or so when he was called as Jesus' disciple.

 

[omanid]

Now, definitely. Then, not so much. John was probably 14 or so when he was called as Jesus' disciple.

Wow. I never imagined that.

 

[Publius]

does anybody know how old Mary was when she was impregnated with Jesus?

becuase I heard from someone that she was 16, and from others that she was 13 or 14. IF she was that young, then why are christians so repulsed about the idea of a 16 year old getting married these days?

My mom was married on her 16th birthday. She and my dad had to drive to Mississippi because that was the only state that would allow her to marry so young.

I don't know anybody who's repulsed by it. It may seem a little strange in our society, but if you go back just 100 years, "child brides" were not uncommon.

 

[98cwitr]

13 year olds now have the maturity of a 6 year old back then...jm2c.

 

[ashout]

13 year olds now have the maturity of a 6 year old back then...jm2c.

why do you suppose that is? evolution? JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING

 

[WinBySurrender]

13 year olds now have the maturity of a 6 year old back then...jm2c.

why do you suppose that is? evolution? JUST KIDDING JUST KIDDING

That's more like de-volution.

 

[omanid]

13 year olds now have the maturity of a 6 year old back then...jm2c.

yup...

 

[Osage Bluestem]

Honestly, there is no way to determine. No honest scholar could tell you her age.

 

[ashout]

Honestly, there is no way to determine. No honest scholar could tell you her age.

but there WERE girls getting married at 13 back then, we know that much i guess.

 

[omanid]

Honestly, there is no way to determine. No honest scholar could tell you her age.

I agree with this. Pure speculation unless given the info by God Himself.