Does the Bible really claim that Mary was a virgin?
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Karen Murdarasi2021-12-21T09:16:00
The virgin birth is one of Christianity’s wildest – and most disputed - claims. But did the Gospel accounts really tell us that Mary became pregnant before she ever had sex, or was it all just a case of misinterpreted Greek?
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