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1 | Please help me to find this out for this | Luke 1:27 | Emmaus | 23554 | ||
"Yet, none of the verses you listed say that the brothers of Jesus were cousins, or that they were the sons of another Mary! This seems to be pure assumption of your part!" Tim, It is also an assumption that they are brothers and not cousins, since the greek "adelphous" is used in the New testament in both the sense of brother and kinsmen. See Matt 4:21-22 and Acts 9:17. See also the African American use of "brother" in our time, which is even broader. "Also, as Searcher56 pointed out, Mt. 1:25 clearly indicates that Joseph and Mary did have sexual relations after the birth of Jesus. The exact wording is, "He did not know her until she gave birth to a son!" Again you have a greek word "heos" (until) that does not necessarily mean that after a certain point in time, a different action occurred. See Matt 1:25, 1 Cor 15:25. You also have to assume sexual relations occurred in your interpretation, since it is not explicit in the pasaage cite.What is explicit is that they did not have sexual relations before the birth of Jesus. My point is that everyone brings a point of view or "presumptions" to their interpretation and that the Catholic interpretation is not unbiblical, but merely different from some Protestant interpretations, which in many cases disagree with one another on the interpretaion of some scripture passages. |
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2 | Please help me to find this out for this | Luke 1:27 | Morant61 | 23602 | ||
Greetings Emmaus! Thanks for the response! Allow me to respond to your points! 1) Concerning the word ‘brother’: Mt. 13:55 is perfectly clear. It says, "‘‘Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? 56 Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?"" It is true that in some cases, like Acts 9:17, ‘brother’ can be used as a generic term of address. However, when this is the case, there is a non-definitive form used. In the case of Mt. 13:55, there is a definite construction used. It says "the brothers of Him". Normal Greek usage would indicate that it means exactly what it sounds like, His brothers. Mt. 4:21-22 is not an example of a non-definitive usage. The phrase "two other brothers" simply contrasts James and John with Peter and Andrew in v. 18. In other words, there were two sets of brothers. 2) Concerning ‘ews’: The word ‘until’ limits the action of the verb. Joseph did not have sexual relations with Mary until - she gave birth to a son. If Matthew had meant that he never had relations with her, he could have said that. 1 Cor. 15:25 uses a different word than Mt. 1:25, so it really isn’t relevant! Mt. 13:55 alone settles the question in my opinion! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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