It is even more likely that he was just an ordinary legitimate child of Mary and...

olavk on Dec 26, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Virgin births in animals are no longer rare

It is even more likely that he was just an ordinary legitimate child of Mary and Joseph, and the whole virgin-birth story developed later (after the death of Jesus) among Greek-speaking early Christians, in order to tie in to the Isiah-prophecy.