Did Mary and Joseph have any more children apart from Jesus?

Question

Do you think they were jealous. Or did they just make him perform miracles for a laugh.

Answer 1

According to some people, Bible phrases, like: "the Lord's brother", prove that Mary had other children besides Jesus. Even though the Bible indicates that Mary remained a virgin with the birth of Christ (Matt. 1:23, Luke 1:27, 23:53), they claim that she had other children. Since Mary had other children, she did not remain ever-virgin. Therefore, the doctrine on her Perpetual Virginity is false, and the Catholic Church is wrong for calling her the Blessed Virgin Mary. But do such Bible phrases definitively prove that Mary had other children?


The names of four brothers of Jesus are actually listed in the Gospels. According to Matthew: "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us?" [Matt. 13:55-56; RSV]. A similar list of names can be found in Mark's Gospel: "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon and are not his sisters here with us?" [Mark 6:3; RSV] These lists agree with each other apart from the minor difference between "Joseph" in Matthew and "Joses" in Mark. Later in both Gospels, the names of those, who followed Jesus to His crucifixion, are recorded. These lists contain family information on two "brothers." According to Matthew, the women, who followed Jesus, were "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee." [Matt. 27:56; RSV] Mark's list includes: "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,... and also many other women." [Mark 15:40; RSV] The same name variation is observed in both lists: Matthew refers to "Joseph"; whereas, Mark refers to "Joses". This variation supports their connection to the names of Jesus' brothers. According to both texts, James and Joseph (or Joses) are the sons of Mary. But this Mary is not referred to as the mother of Jesus. This would be an odd omission, if she were also the mother of Jesus. John's Gospel has a similar list of women: "...standing by the Cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene." [John 19:25; RSV] According to John, Mary the mother of Jesus was present at the Cross, but John also records another Mary other than Mary Magdalene. Comparing lists, it appears that James the younger and Joseph (or Joses) were the sons of the other Mary. Elsewhere, Matthew actually calls her "the other Mary." [Matt. 28:1] This other Mary is said to be the "sister" of Jesus' mother. Therefore, James and Joseph (or Joses) are Jesus' cousins and not His siblings. Now since both Marys share the same name, it is unlikely that they were siblings. Instead they were most likely members of the same clan. It would be confusing for parents to name their children with the same name. This is an example of "sister" being used in the wider sense as cousin. One small problem still remains: In Acts 1:13 and Matt 10:3, the younger James, an Apostle, is also said to be the son of Alphaeus. Perhaps the other Mary was married twice, or Alphaeus was also called Clopas (not uncommon in the Bible, e.g. Israel vs. Jacob, Simon vs. Peter, Paul vs. Saul...), or Clopas was not the name of her husband but her father, birthplace or whatever. The last explanation is supported by the Douay-Rheims translation: "Mary of Cleophas" [John 19:25]. The Bible text shows that Mary, mother of James, and Mary, mother of Jesus, are different women. The case of two Marys can cause confusion today as perhaps with the crowds of Jesus' day.

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Did Mary and Joseph have any more children apart from Jesus?
Do you think they were jealous. Or did they just make him perform miracles for a laugh.

Answer 3

Alot of bad information here. Look at it from a histoical account, not from a religious account, and here is what happens.

Joseph was older than Mary at the time of Jesus's birth, approx 25 years older. Nothing unusual about that, alot of marriages were much like that.

Joseph disappears from the bible after Jesus's teen years. Never mentioned again in any writings of any kind. Why? he died. About the time or even during the reconstruction of the city that they were rebuilding, he died either by age, or by an accident.

What happens is as Jewish tradition at the time, and much like Islam today, if the husband dies, without fathering a son, Joseph's brother would have had Jewish rights to marry Mary. He did. A quick search on the internet will produce his name, it escapes me right now. It is Joseph's brother who fathers Jesus "half" brothers and sisters. Although, at least one sister, he already had from a wife, her name was also Mary.

Jesus did not give his mother to an apostle at the cross, he gave her to his brother- James.

There are 4 people at the cross mentioned by name , Mary (mother), Mary Magdeline, Mary ( sister through Joseph;'s brother ) and James.

Yes, I know it may sound confusing, go back and read the accounts in the literal sense, its all there, just not as plainly seen as some accounts of the bible.

These are the reasons islam laughs at christians, christians dont even know the genetic relationship Jesus had with his family.

Never forget the first rule when trying to find answers about Jesus and his family. They were Jews. they followed every and all jewish custom and law. the only thing Jesus did that would have been against the Jewish law, or at least considered to be "grey" was work on the Sabbath. And that was and is , still up for debate.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Hey Bearos... you know what, not sure, never heard of any more children. Look at at it this way, you come home to your wife after a hard day making cabinets, and the wife says "er...Joe.. I am pregnant.." and Joe goes " but we haven't....... you know what!.."

"I know darling, an angel told me, and the child will be from God"

I think at that point, I would hit the Prozac, and never trust the woman again. As for Mary once God has made love to you would you want another mere mortal to soiled you? no wonder they had no more children.

Answer 5

54 He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? 55 “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 “And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” (Matthew 13:54-56)

31 Then His mother and His brothers arrived*, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him. 32 A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said* to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” 33 Answering them, He said*, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” 34 Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said*, “Behold My mother and My brothers! 35 “For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.” (Mark 3:31-35)

But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. (Galatians 1:19)

The Catholics belief is that Mary remained a virgin after the birth of Jesus. But the bible does not state this, Jesus may have had younger siblings from Mary and Joseph.

Answer 6

Yes they did, the Bible gives the names of his brothers and also says he had sisters, but does not name the sisters. I tend to think that for the most part, they supported Jesus, I think prior to the Resurrection, some of them may have not believed fully or understood exactly what he was and was going to do. I would imagine Mary, his mother, although protective of her son, knew deep down the possibilities of Jesus, after all, she experienced Gods miraculous work first had by even becoming pregnant with Jesus. Joseph, Jesus' earthly appointed father, as well, for God sent Angels to actually talk to him.

Answer 7

They had Jesus,James,Joses,Simion,Jude and some sisters.
They didn't believe in thier older 1/2 brother until He rose from the dead.Then James became the head of the Jerusalem church and wrote an epistle and Jude also wrote an epistle in the Bible......and No Jesus' 1rst miracle was when he was about 30 at the wedding in Cana(see John's Gospel)

Answer 8

Yes, Jesus had brothers and sisters.The reason Jesus entrusted Mary's care into the hands of the apostles was evidently because his brothers and sisters were not at that time believers and so would not necesarily support her spiritually as well as materially.

Answer 9

Mary didn't have any other children other than Jesus. Joseph, on the other hand, did have other children from a previous marriage.

Together, they didn't have ANY children at all.

Answer 10

Joseph dint have any children, it was your god that gave mucky Mary one wasn't it, but then again never red the buble.