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1 | Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 118819 | ||
Alencon: Neither did I give a speculative opinion but a conclusion based on known biblical facts. I cannot see any cogent reason whatever to advance the decidedly untenable hypothesis that Joseph sired children before he married Mary. This is speculation in the superlative degree; and even if it were true, the offspring of Joseph's seed by a woman other than Mary could in no sense be considered related to Jesus by genetic lineage. I like your astute observation regarding the assumption by the townsfolk that Joseph was Jesus' biological father, and I've wondered whether there were rumors about the legitimacy of the carpenter's son. Scripture is silent on this point, of course, but it is not silent that Jesus was mocked and scoffed at for virtually everything else He did, said, or claimed to be. The mockers and the scoffers rot in their graves, but praise God, our victorious Redeemer lives! --Hank | ||||||
2 | Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? | NT general Archive 1 | Alencon | 118824 | ||
True, the speculation about earlier children of Joseph has no basis. We are in agreement that your conclusion is the only biblically sound one. Unfortunately there probably were speculations about the legitimacy of Jesus. It is curious that he is never refered to by anyone as Jesus bar Joseph, which based upon the assumption that Joseph was his father, would have been normal 1st century Palistinian usage. Even Pilate, though he refers to Jesus bar Abbas does not say Jesus bar Joseph. Matthew 27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? [Jesus] Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? Of course it may also simply be that the evangelists didn't bother to record the use of the name. |
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