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1 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | Hank | 47759 | ||
Jawz, you ask me to consider why Mary and Joseph got married at all. Indeed! While I ponder this, why don't you consider why ANY man and woman get married. Your attempt to 'prove' that Mary and Joseph had no other children at the time Jesus was 12 years old falls flat. You would have us believe that this is fact simply because no other children are mentioned at this point in Luke's narrative. First of all, the focus of the gospels is on Jesus Christ and not on every detail in the life of Mary and Joseph. And secondly, there is overwhelming contextual evidence in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph bore children in a natural manner and thus that Jesus had siblings. In spite of any and all evidence to the contrary, you stick to your skewered rendition of Matthew 1:25, saying that the whole point of this verse is to state clearly that Mary and Joseph did not have sexual relations, when the plain truth of the matter is that it says the very opposite. Morever, you ask us to understand all mention of Jesus' brothers and sisters in Scripture in light of this 'fact' that you have presented to us. You are, in effect, saying that your interpretation of Matthew 1:25 is correct; that the English readings of all legitimate translations are in error; and the Scriptures that mention Jesus' siblings are flat wrong. You, my friend, have produced a bill of goods that will not sell. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | jawz | 47963 | ||
I would hardly call it overwhelming contextual evidence. Two passages describe 4 men as being Jesus brothers, yet elsewhere two of them are identified as the sons of Mary, wife of Clopas. Nowhere is anyone but Jesus described as being the son of the virgin Mary. Mary, wife of Clopas is described as being the virgin Mary's sister which she clearly cannot be. Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist is described as her cousin, yet the Jewish tribes do not intermarry, Mary is descended from David, Elizabeth is descended from Aaron, so they cannot be cousins. However, from what we know from tradition, Mary was raised in the temple from childhood and would probably have had a close relationship with Elizabeth, the wife of the priest Zechariah. Clearly, the terms brother, sister and cousin are used to describe a broader range of kinship than we are familiar with in our modern society. We should change our views to fit the bible, not the other way around. | ||||||
3 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | srbaegon | 47968 | ||
Hello jawz You wrote: "yet the Jewish tribes do not intermarry" and "from what we know from tradition, Mary was raised in the temple from childhood". May I ask for your source(s) on these? It appears you are putting a great deal of faith in undocumented sources in order to make your point. Steve |
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