# His mother, Mary, was engaged to marry Joseph "his mother, Mary, was promised in marriage to Joseph" or "His mother, Mary, was going to marry Joseph" # His mother, Mary, was engaged Jesus was not already born when Mary was engaged to Joseph. Alternate translation: "Mary, who would be the mother of Jesus, was engaged" # before they came together "before they got married." This may refer to Mary and Joseph sleeping together. Alternate translation: "before they had slept together" # she was found to be pregnant "they realized that she was pregnant" # pregnant by the Holy Spirit The power of the Holy Spirit had enabled Mary to have a baby before she had slept with a man.