Assuming Jesus Had a Brother....?

Question

..... and there remains some debate about that, what of his offspring? Might one among us be the great-great-grandniece or grandnephew of Jesus?

And why does the Vatican conspire to keep this knowledge from us? Who profits from the deceit?

Answer 1

Saunière profited from it! basically cornholled the church about finding the Meringovian empire were descended from him.

That was before the church wiped out the entire dynasty, mind you

Answer 2

The Vatican has long been the repository of arcane information....and you probably have heard of the fate of profits in their own time....a very taxing issue...but I digress

OF course Jesus had brothers....Matty and Fillipe...the only time in baseball history that brothers played all the outfield positions....now, as to how the Vatican conspired....the "alou" brothers were to be Cardinals but the Pirates paid better...the [college of] Cardinals had prettier uniforms however....which the Vatican was planning on selling to the highest bidder...this is before E-bay....."would you like to buy a Cardinal uniform worn by Jesus???? Sure, I will pay handsomely for such an indulgence"

Answer 3

OK, the DaVinci Code is fiction. But Jesus did have brothers, or at least half brothers. The children of Joseph and Mary. John was one, and James was another. Some say Judas, I'm not sure, but I do know they had children.
Furthermore, even if His brothers and possibly sisters did marry, even if all of them had children, highly unlikely, and they all continued the generations, it is equally unlikely that a descendant would remain after thousands of years. The only secret the vatican could possible have would be those born, and when they died. But they would not have been significant, because they only continued Mary's and Joseph's bloodlines, since Jesus had not children. They were not related to God, but some of His half brothers were His disciples. They were not born of a virgin. Not significant.

Answer 4

The New Testament suggests that Jesus had brothers (the reference could possibly be to cousins rather than immediate brothers). One of them was James.

However it appears that James (and any other brothers/cousins) came to believe in Jesus (as the Messiah) after the Resurrection.

It appears that such individuals worked to spread the gospel of Christ after the Resurrection (rather than starting families) and were killed in the process (as were 11 of the disciples of Christ -- not counting Judas -- plus the 1 replacement disciple; and the disciple John who died apparently of old age on a prison island).

Cordially,
John

Answer 5

Since the church steadfastly denies that Jesus EVER had carnal knowledge of any woman, it would be blasphemy to suggest he had offspring. You really wonder why they conspire to keep it secret? It would cause a major problem for all the worlds Christians if this came to light.

Answer 6

ROFLMAO-
You may not be far from the truth!
Now the Da vin chees code is total bunk, But!!!

Read about Joseph of Arimathea very interesting
http://www.asis.com/~stag/josephar.html

Answer 7

Jesus had brothers and sisters, after Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph lived as normal couple. And yes, one of us may be from Jesus' siblings' decendants.

Answer 8

If jesus had a brother...has anyone considered the types of emotional problems this could have led to?

Look dad, I got promoted at work today.....

Yeah, but your older brother, Jesus, gave eyes to the blind today.

Oh.

Answer 9

Jesus did have brothers and sisters. I'm sure Joseph would have expected a normal marital relationship after the birth of Jesus. This would have produced other children.

Answer 10

If Jesus had brothers, why was Mary entrusted to the care of the Apostle John at the crucifixion? Why didn't Mary go to live with one of her other sons? Because she had no other sons.

Of note...during that time and in that culture it was expected that an adult son would take in his older widowed mother. This was the norm, not something special.