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Tim Maas
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I would say that it would have been because Joseph (as noted in Matthew 1:19) was a "just" man (that is, a follower of God's Law), which would have made him hesitant to accept what appeared to be a violation of that Law by Mary's pregnancy (which he knew he had not caused), and yet desirous (out of his love for Mary) not to expose her to the penalty of the Law for apparent fornication, which would have been death. That was why God dealt with both those concerns by sending an angel to Joseph in a dream to explain the situation to him (Matthew 1:18-24).
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