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Jerome
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Mt 1, 19English original
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Or this may be considered a testimony to Mary, that Joseph, confident in her purity, and wondering at what had happened, covered in silence that mystery which he could not explain.