Bible Question (short): Elisabeth's relation to Mary |
Question (full): I'm writing a book and have tried to determine whether or not Elisabeth is Mary's cousin or her aunt. The original greek is "suggenes" meaning of the same kin, akin to, related by blood. Different translations have turned this word in to "relative", "cousin" and "kinswoman". It is crucial to my story that Elisabeth be an Aunt to Mary. My question is this - How upsetting (in everyone's opinion) would this be to the Christian community at large? How important a factor is it in the huge scheme of things? I would greatly appreciate everyone's insight. Thanks. |