2006-06-26 15:47:07 · 8 answers · asked by ricardocoav 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Very good, Ricardo! You hit the point exactly. Under Jewish law, Mary's care would have fallen to Jesus surviving siblings- IF HE HAD ANY....but He didn't....so, good Son that He is...He provided for His mother's care so she would not be subjected to a life of begging as was the destiny of a childless widow!
This is one of the main points I use to show Mary's virginity continued after Jesus birth....there are others.....
2006-06-26 15:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary didn't have any other children. The "brothers of Jesus" are cousins (if you read the Greek you would know the word doesn't mean specifically "blood brothers) or they were the sons of Joseph. There is a strong and well founded tradition both in the East and the West (early on) that Joseph was a widower.
Mary was given to John, because Jesus loved John the most out of all the disciples, so he entrusted his mother to him.
Mary also have many other children now, spiritual children that is. The Orthodox and the Catholics teach that Mary is the (spiritual) Mother of the Church so that all who have entered into the Church have Mary for their mother.
2006-06-26 22:58:11 · answer #2 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She didn't have other sons, that is a common misconception - the word actually refers to cousins - and apparently they raised Joseph's brother's children with Jesus - Mary only had one child - Jesus - hence the immaculate conception and her being a virgin. not just at his conception but throughout her life. And he gave her to John since he stayed with Him through Calvary.
2006-06-26 23:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by KitKat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine that! Just moments before he surrendered his earthly life, Jesus’ love and concern moved him to entrust the care of his mother, Mary, (apparently a widow by now) to the beloved apostle John. But why John and not one of Jesus’ own fleshly brothers? Because Jesus was concerned not just with Mary’s physical, material needs but more especially with her spiritual welfare. And the apostle John (possibly Jesus’ cousin) had proved his faith, whereas there is no indication that Jesus’ fleshly brothers were, as yet, believers.—Matthew 12:46-50; John 7:5.
Why, then, should Jesus just before his death entrust the care of his mother Mary to the apostle John instead of to his fleshly brothers? (Joh 19:26, 27) Manifestly because Jesus’ cousin, the apostle John, was a man who had proved his faith, he was the disciple whom Jesus loved so dearly, and this spiritual relationship transcended that of the flesh; in fact, there is no indication that his fleshly brothers were, as yet, disciples of Jesus.
After Jesus’ resurrection his fleshly brothers changed their doubting attitude, for they were present with their mother and the apostles when assembled for prayer after Jesus’ ascension.
Mary Had Other Children
In time, Mary and Joseph provide Jesus with natural brothers and sisters. When Jesus’ ministry brings him to his hometown of Nazareth, his childhood acquaintances recognize him. “Is this not the carpenter’s son?” they ask. “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?” (Matthew 13:55, 56) The Nazarenes are referring to the physical family of Joseph and Mary, including her sons and daughters whom they know as Jesus’ natural brothers and sisters.
These brothers and sisters are not Jesus’ cousins. Neither are they his disciples, or spiritual brothers and sisters, for John 2:12 makes a clear distinction between the two groups by stating: “He [Jesus] and his mother and brothers and his disciples went down to Capernaum.” Years later in Jerusalem, the apostle Paul saw Cephas, or Peter, and added: “I did not see any of the other apostles; I only saw James, the brother of the Lord.” (Galatians 1:19, The Jerusalem Bible) Moreover, the statement that Joseph “had no intercourse with [Mary] until she gave birth to a son” indicates that Jesus’ adoptive father did have relations with her afterward and fathered her other children. (Matthew 1:25) Accordingly, Luke 2:7 calls Jesus her “firstborn” son.
2006-06-27 00:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Jesus knew John's heart and that he would be willing to take care of her. We don't know anything about the rest of Jesus's family, but we do know that there was no greater judge of character.
2006-06-26 22:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because John was the only disciple who didnt abandon Him.
2006-06-26 22:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are you talking about virgan mary had Jesus
2006-06-26 22:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by piekingamerica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he wore pachouli.
2006-06-26 22:51:41 · answer #8 · answered by explodingcanary 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋