After considerable thought, Joseph decided to divorce Mary secretly so that she would be spared being stoned as an adulteress. ​ — Matthew 1: 18; Deuteronomy 22: 23, 24.
وهكذا ،‏ قرر بعد تفكير عميق ان يطلِّق مريم سرًّا ليجنِّبها الرجم لعلة الزنى .‏ —‏ متى ١ :‏ ١٨ ؛‏ تثنية ٢٢ :‏ ​ ٢٣ ،‏ ٢٤‏ .‏