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Greek Expositor (anonymous) — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:56

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Greek Expositor (anonymous)
“(Metaphrastes.) For it is the custom for virgins to go away when the pregnant woman brings forth. But when she reached her own home, she went to no other place, but abode there until she knew the time of her delivery was at hand. And Joseph doubting, is instructed by an Angel.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:56 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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