was jesus really married?

Answer 1

my holy roller coworker says that Jesus couldn't have been married, because it would mean that God made a mistake. God can't make a mistake because God is perfect. Hey, it's not my words, it's hers. What do I feel? Jesus, in the bible and in many stories that I've heard, was a very dynamic person and helped a lot of people. He gave his life for something he truly believed in. does it really matter if he was married or not?

Edit: Oh just to clarify and prove that I don't know nothing about anything? I'm not a Christian. I am a spiritual person that believes in God as an entity. Everything else is irrelevant. Call it blasphamy. Regardless of my beliefs, I respect everyone else and their beliefs.

Answer 2

It would be odd for a Jew of Jesus' age to not have been married! While this doesn't mesh well with the ideas the church has about his purity & divinity, there is more to be said about an actual historical figure than the mistranslations & creative editing that the church has done over the ages.

The people who are quick to tell you to shut up or go away are those who know even less about Jesus than you & are afraid to admit that everything they know came from someones elses mouth!

Do not play church! BE ONE!

Answer 3

Given the limited amount of information, it's all guesses. Some are more educated than others though.

Arguing from absence is always awkward and full of problems. Someone above pointed out that Jesus didn't ask his followers to look after his wife. That sounds very reasonable. BUT it is also very reasonable to think that Paul and co., who had their own agendii re marriage (they believed the second coming would happen *within their lifetimes* and therefore kids and therefore sex was a pointless distraction from the real work), would have edited out any and all references to a wife.

And of course, if it was Mary Magdalene who was married to Jesus, it would have been silly to ask the male apostles to look after her. There is non-canonical evidence that shows her more or less looking after them.

Answer 4

Matthew 9:15 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Matthew 25:1 - Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:5 - While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Matthew 25:6 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Matthew 25:10 - And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Mark 2:19 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Mark 2:20 - But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Luke 5:34 - And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Luke 5:35 - But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

John 2:9 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,


"bride" was found 24 times in 15 verses in the New Testament.

John 3:29 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Revelation 18:23 - And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

Revelation 21:2 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:9 - And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

Revelation 22:17 - And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Answer 5

There is no biblical evidence to support such a claim. And, if you read between the lines, you might even say there is some evidence against it. When Jesus is on the cross, He asks his disciples to take care of His mother. He says nothing of a wife here. If he were married, He would've surely mentioned her. Like I said, reading between the lines....

Answer 6

The Church is the bride of Jesus. While here on earth he wasn't married.

Answer 7

Given Jewish tradition at the time, it would have been an absolute scandal if he were NOT married. So I wonder if the more incendiary question isn't: "Was Jesus a fruit?"

Answer 8

No, he wasn't. The Da Vinci code was just some made up story thing. Nothing more.

Answer 9

No, Jesus was not married. That fact has not stopped various groups from claiming otherwise. The first religious group that we know of to insist Jesus was married was the Cathars. The Cathars were a Gnostic-inspired cult founded in Western Europe in the twelfth century. They believed that waging war, eating meat, taking communion, and, ironically, having sex were evil. They also believed that sin after baptism would permanently nullify salvation—many Cathars were baptized only on their deathbeds when the chance of a subsequent sin was lessened. These ideas are all reasonable derivations of Gnosticism, which teaches that only the spirit is good and all physical things are evil.

The Cathars believed Mary Magdalene was either the wife or concubine of Jesus. The Cathars believed Jesus was sinless, but they also believed sex was sin. They explained this puzzle by teaching Jesus must have had two natures—an evil physical nature and a pure spiritual nature. The entire claim, of course, is completely unbiblical. Jesus is fully God and fully man (John 1:14).

The Gnostic book The Gospel of Philip, written in the third century, describes Mary Magdelene as Jesus' "close friend" and mentions several kisses between the two. Considering the apocryphal nature of the book and the fact that kissing was a traditional Christian greeting, this tells us exactly nothing.

Some of the most recent claims of Jesus' marriage are found in The DaVinci Code, a novel written in 2003 and made into a movie in 2006. Just as the movie Thor takes old mythology, twists it around, and spins an entertaining story, so author Dan Brown took speculations from Gnostic and other unscriptural sources and gave Jesus an alternate history. Unfortunately, many people today are more likely to learn theology from movies than they are from the Bible.

Marriage is biblical, so Jesus could have married without sinning. But the fact is He did not marry. The Bible is marked by a conspicuous absence of any hint that Jesus was married. His mother, step-father, half-brothers, and half-sisters are mentioned, but no wife. There was no wife on the occasions He returned home, no wife when He traveled throughout Israel, and no wife when He was crucified.

The belief that Jesus was married is a Gnostic teaching. Gnostics believe that the physical is evil and the spiritual is good. This false idea leads to a great deal of misinformation about the nature of Jesus—mainly that He isn't God. Some of the Gnostic claims concerning Jesus' marital status are farfetched to the point of absurdity. However, the effect those claims have on the credulous is quite serious. Many people are confused about who Jesus is. The truth is something only God can reveal (John 14:17).


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Answer 10

I don't think so! From where is he got powers??????? I doubt in all of that stories about jesus...really..you?