What is Mary, mother of Jesus?
[[File:The Madonna in Sorrow.jpg |thumb|''Our Lady of Sorrows'', by [[Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato]], 17th century]] In [[Abrahamic religion]]s, '''Mary''' ([[Judeo-Aramaic]] מרים Maryām; {{lang-ar|مريم}} (Maryam); [[Septuagint]] [[Greek language|Greek]] Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; {{lang-syr|Mart Maryam}}) was the mother of [[Jesus]]. Her story is told in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]]. == Mary in the Bible == Christian beliefs about Mary are based on the [[Bible]]. The [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]] say that Mary was a young woman who was engaged to be married to a man called [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]]. The Gospel of Luke says that the [[angel]] [[Gabriel]] came to Mary to tell her that she would give birth to a son. The angel told Mary that she should call her son Jesus. The angel also said that Jesus would save people from their [[sin]]s. Mary asked the angel how she could be [[pregnant]], since she was a [[virgin]]. The angel told her that God had made her pregnant through a [[miracle]]. <blockquote>In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” But Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?” And the angel said to her in reply, “The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born