Question 3
The Correct Answer Is: FALSE
Luke 3:23: "Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,"
Luke 1:26-38: "26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!" 29 But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. 30 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." 34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?" 35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible." 38 Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her."
Following the course of normal biology, for someone to be born, the seed from a man and a woman must be involved. Biologically speaking, it is impossible for a true virgin woman (one who has not been sexually intimate with a man) to be pregnant with child. However, in the case of Jesus, God wasn't going to follow the normal biological process, for Jesus was not going to have an earthly father for Jesus was going to be God Himself, not the product of human sexual reproduction. This required a miracle: which Luke says was performed by the Holy Spirit. Jesus would be born of the seed of woman, which he received from his mother, Mary. This would make him human. But he would not be born of the seed of man. Now, growing up, nobody believed that Joseph wasn't Jesus' father, because after all, Joseph and Mary were married to each other. However, just because people supposed Joseph to be Jesus' father, didn't make it so. Jesus had no earthly father for Jesus was from eternity.