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NASB | Luke 1:27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. |
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Bible Note: "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. |