The oldest of all the witnesses

The oldest of all the witnesses to Jesus are some of the epistles of Paul, from roughly 51-58 AD. These mention Jesus' mother (without naming her), but never refer to his father. Joseph first appears in the Genealogy of Jesus, which appears only in the Matthew and Luke. Luke names Joseph's own father as Eli, but Matthew names him as Jacob, in keeping with that gospel's depiction of Jesus as a second Moses.[3] This theme is developed further in the infancy narratives, which, like the genealogies, have the function of establishing Jesus as the promised Messiah, the descendant of David, born in Bethlehem. Like the genealogies the infancy narratives appear only in Matthew and Luke, and take different approaches to reconciling the requirement that the Messiah be born in Bethlehem with the tradition that Jesus came from Nazareth. In Matthew, Joseph, already living in Bethlehem, obeys the direction of an angel to marry Mary and then to flee to Egypt to escape the massacre of the children of Bethlehem planned by Herod the Great, the tyrant who rules Judea.[9] Once Herod has died, the angel tells him to return to the land of Israel, but to Galilee instead of to Bethlehem, and so Joseph takes his wife and the child to


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Michael Bloomberg rules out running for US president

Mayor Bloomberg says rumours that he may run for the presidency are just media speculation
The mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, has said there is "no way, no how" he is going to run for the US presidency in 2012.

Appearing on NBC television's Meet the Press programme, he said that those urging him to seek the presidency "should cease and desist".

Mr Bloomberg, 68, said he intended to remain focused on being mayor.

But he said he would continue to speak out on national issues that impact on New York, such as immigration.

Mr Bloomberg, who is in his third term as mayor, said: "The bottom line is that I've a great job."

He added: "I want to go out being, having a reputation as, a very good, maybe the greatest mayor ever."

While some of his backers have urged him to run, Mr Bloomberg said talk of a White House bid in 2012 came "because the press wants something to write about".

The founder of the Bloomberg news media empire, Mr Bloomberg is a former Democrat turned Republican turned independent.







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