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1 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | Kazan | 123859 | ||
I can't think of any references in the Bible to a son or daughter of Mary besides Jesus. Regardless, the Bible does speak of His sisters and brothers. I've heard that most of Jesus' siblings denied He was the Savior, even James who eventually became a Christ follower and wrote the book of James. That may explain why they weren't around when Jesus was crucified. It says in John 7, "Therefore His brothers said to Him, 'Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.' For not even His brothers were believing in Him."(vs.3-5). Also, Luke 8:19-21 says, "And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd. And it was reported to Him, 'Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You.' But He answered and said the them, 'My mother nad My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it." |
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2 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | Kazan | 123849 | ||
"It is not restricted to the literal meaning of a full brother" This is a quote from the website you referred me to. While the Greek word is not restricted to the meaning of brother it certainly is possible that that is what teh word means. "not restricted to" means that one meaning is brothers. "When Catholics call Mary the "Blessed Virgin," they mean she remained a virgin throughout her life." This is also a quote from that website, however the Bible says, "And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin UNTIL she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus." -Matthew 1:24-25. Mary was betrothed to Joseph, and they did get married. As the verse says, Mary was kept a virgin UNTIL she gave birth to Jesus. It's very possible that Jesus did have sisters and brothers, if you look back at the verse I typed up earlier you will see that it is the people He grew up with, who knew Jesus that asked, "is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers...and His sisters, are they not all with us?"- Matthew 13:56. These people clumped together, Mary-mother, brothers, and sisters. So you can conclude by looking at the context of this verse that the word in Greek there means literally brothers and literally sisters. Especially because they are talking about his mother first and then his brothers and sisters. The fact that brothers and sisters are clumped together with mother, signifies that Jesus did have brothers and sisters. |
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3 | Jesus brothers. | Matt 12:46 | Kazan | 123823 | ||
Matthew 13:56 speaks of Jesus sisters. In fact, verse 54-57 says, "He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, 'Where did this man get this wisdom and thesee miraculous powers? Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?' And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.'And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief." This passage is pretty clear that Jesus did have brothers and even sisters through Mary. One of his brothers was named Joseph, which was a common practice in the day to name a son after the father (ex: Luke 1:59). |
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