This was how it took place;
A virgin whose name was Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter.
It was then found that she was pregnant with a child. Mary had not slept with any man, when this incident occurred. It was definitely a mystery to all who heard about it.
Joseph, being a just man and having liked her very much, decided to divorce her quietly. But as he was still considering the action he wanted to take, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit; she will bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save His people from their sins.
All this took place to fulfill what the lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (which means, God with us).
Jesus was supposed to grow up as every normal child should be brought up. He was to be ordinary and receive both fatherly and motherly love. He was to be placed under the cover of a carpenter.
When Joseph woke up from sleep, he did as he was told. He married Mary and took up the responsibility of catering for both mother and child.
In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world, each man to his own city should be enrolled. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, From Nazareth City, with his heavy wife, to his own city in Judea. He went to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary.
When they reached Bethlehem City, the time came for her to give birth to her baby. There was no space for them in all the houses as every man had returned with his family for the enrollment.
The only place they could lodge in was a manger. A manger is a place where farm animals are kept. Mary gave birth to her first-born son there and wrapped him in swaddling clothes.
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