The Nativity

[AFrazier]

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● Luke 1:26-27 . . In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

That particular sixth month wasn't a date on the Jew's calendar. It was relative to the second trimester of Mary's cousin Elizabeth. (Luke 1:24, Luke 1:36)

NOTE: Mary and Elizabeth were related by blood to Rachel's sister Leah by her two sons Levi and Judah.

The koiné Greek word for "virgin" is parthenos (par-then'-os) which basically means a maiden; particularly a daughter that's not married. In point of fact, at this juncture Mary was engaged.

Joseph's association with David is extremely important in matters related to theocratic royalty.
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"That particular sixth month wasn't a date on the Jew's calendar" is speculation. It doesn't say, "In Elizabeth's sixth month," but, "In the sixth month," which also happened to be Elizabeth's sixth month, indicating that Elizabeth's first month was the first month of the Jewish year. When this is compared to the course of Abijah, which can be deduced from the destruction of the temple in the course of Jehoiarib, a conception in Nisan is consistent with the general timeline.

And can I please have some source material for the proposition that Mary and Elizabeth were related to Rachel's sister Leah by Levi and Judah?