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NASB | Mark 6:3 "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 6:3 "Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?" And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah]. |
Subject: Luther, Calvin and Zwingli on Mary |
Bible Note: Jesus "the" son of Mary, not "a" son of Mary. Mark 6:3. Luther, Calvin and Zwingli, Sola Scriptura heros of the Reformation on the perpetual virginity of Mary. "It is an article of faith that Mary is mother of the Lord and still a virgin." Luther , Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, English translation edited by J. Pelikan (Concordia, St Louis), Vol 24, 107 "The Council (Ephesus) has not offered anything new to faith but has strengthened the old faith against the arrogance of Nestorius. This article of faith-that Mary is the Mother of God- is present in the Church and is not a new creation of the Council but the presentation of the Gospel and scriptures." "In this work whereby she was made the Mother of God, so many and such good things were given that no on can grasp them." Luther, Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, English translation edited by J. Pelikan (Concordia, St Louis), Vol 7, 572 "Helvidius has shown himself too ignorant, in saying that Mary had several sons, because mention is made in some passages of the brothers of Christ." Calvin, who here followed the traditional catholic interpretation to mean cousins or relatives. Bernard Leming, “protestants and Our lady”, Marian Library Studies, January 1967, p 9 "Elizabeth called Mary Mother of the Lord, because the unity of the person in the two natures of Christ was such that she could have said that the mortal man engendered in the womb of Mary was at the same time the eternal God." John Calvin, Calvini Opera (Calvins’ Works) (Braunshweig-Berlin, 1863-1900), Vol 45, 35 " It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor." Calvin, Calvini Opera (Calvins’ Works) (Braunshweig-Berlin, 1863-1900), Vol 45, 348 "I firmly believe that Mary, according to the words of the gospel as a pure Virgin brought forth for us the Son of God and in childbirth and after childbirth forever remained a pure, intact Virgin." Ulrich Zwingli, Zwingli Opera(Zwingli’s Works), Corpus Reformatorum, Vol 1, 424 |