Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentMatthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
- Author
- Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
- Date
- c. AD 50–60