"So Joseph had to leave Nazareth in Galilee and go to Bethlehem in Judea. Long ago Bethlehem had been King David's hometwon, and Joseph went there because he was from David's family." (Luke 2:4, Contemporary English Version)
Small aside: I don't believe it ever registered with me that Joseph and Mary were both descendants of King David. Thanks, Aimee.
The mountain men would have said Joseph was a man "you could ride the river with." Legally, he could have stoned Mary for being pregnant. He didn't. Culturally, he could have divorced her. He didn't. Spiritually, he could have disobeyed God. He didn't. Personally, he could have resisted the command to return to the land of his heritage. He didn't. He could have cowarded-out and no one would have blamed him.
The Son of God could not have adopted a nobler father.
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