Understanding Mary and Who Jesus is in Mary Mother of Jesus

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The following essay will answer the question of Mary's understanding of her role and her understanding of who

Jesus was and who he was going to be.

Mary, at times in this movie was extremely confused about things that were happening to

her. For example, the first time that God talked to her she was confused; she didn't know what

was going on. Mary had no clue whether to ignore the voice or believe it. Another example was

when Mary was at the Inn giving birth to Jesus. God spoke to Mary and told her to name her son

Jesus. And now with her faith in God, she was no longer confused about who was speaking to

her and what she had to do. With this newly found faith in God's plans for her son she trusted the

sheppards that came to see her. With the sheppards telling Mary that they had been told by God

to visit a newborn child who was going to be the King of the Jews. I think at this time Mary was

certain that Jesus was the Son of God and was going to be different.

Mary, as well as Jesus, was different from other people because she understood what

Jesus was saying ( or doing ) when others had no idea what he was saying ( or doing .) I thinnk

that Mary was an interpreter for God who translated what Jesus was doing, so others could

understand. For example, when Jesus arose from the grave. Mary and everyone else

immediately knew that he was truly the Son of God. So, Mary had to interpret that the Apostles

were to spread the teachings of Jesus to all. Also, when Jesus was in the temple and Joseph got

made at him for not telling anyone where he went; Jesus said "Where else would I be except for

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