Also why do they believe that she never had any more children after Jesus? Did they just make it up or what? Ive never read or heard of it being in my Bible?
2006-11-25 06:52:22 · 18 answers · asked by reneebo1 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mary is Ever Virgin
Exodus 13:2,12 - Jesus is sometimes referred to as the "first-born" son of Mary. But "first-born" is a common Jewish expression meaning the first child to open the womb. It has nothing to do the mother having future children.
Exodus 34:20 - under the Mosaic law, the "first-born" son had to be sanctified. "First-born" status does not require a "second" born.
Ezek. 44:2 - Ezekiel prophesies that no man shall pass through the gate by which the Lord entered the world. This is a prophecy of Mary's perpetual virginity. Mary remained a virgin before, during and after the birth of Jesus.
Mark 6:3 - Jesus was always referred to as "the" son of Mary, not "a" son of Mary. Also "brothers" could have theoretically been Joseph's children from a former marriage that was dissolved by death. However, it is most likely, perhaps most certainly, that Joseph was a virgin, just as were Jesus and Mary. As such, they embodied the true Holy Family, fully consecrated to God.
Luke 1:31,34 - the angel tells Mary that you "will" conceive (using the future tense). Mary responds by saying, "How shall this be?" Mary's response demonstrates that she had taken a vow of lifelong virginity by having no intention to have relations with a man. If Mary did not take such a vow of lifelong virginity, her question would make no sense at all (for we can assume she knew how a child is conceived). She was a consecrated Temple virgin as was an acceptable custom of the times.
Luke 2:41-51 - in searching for Jesus and finding Him in the temple, there is never any mention of other siblings.
John 7:3-4; Mark 3:21 - we see that younger "brothers" were advising Jesus. But this would have been extremely disrespectful for devout Jews if these were Jesus' biological brothers.
John 19:26-27 - it would have been unthinkable for Jesus to commit the care of his mother to a friend if he had brothers.
John 19:25 - the following verses prove that James and Joseph are Jesus' cousins and not his brothers: Mary the wife of Clopas is the sister of the Virgin Mary.
Matt. 27:61, 28:1 - Matthew even refers to Mary the wife of Clopas as "the other Mary."
Matt. 27:56; Mark 15:47 - Mary the wife of Clopas is the mother of James and Joseph.
Mark 6:3 - James and Joseph are called the "brothers" of Jesus. So James and Joseph are Jesus' cousins.
Matt. 10:3 - James is also called the son of "Alpheus." This does not disprove that James is the son of Clopas. The name Alpheus may be Aramaic for Clopas, or James took a Greek name like Saul (Paul), or Mary remarried a man named Alpheus.
Jesus' "Brothers" (adelphoi)) = Cousins or Kinsmen
Luke 1:36 - Elizabeth is Mary's kinswoman. Some Bibles translate kinswoman as "cousin," but this is an improper translation because in Hebrew and Aramaic, there is no word for "cousin."
Luke 22:32 - Jesus tells Peter to strengthen his "brethren." In this case, we clearly see Jesus using "brethren" to refer to the other apostles, not his biological brothers.
Acts 1:12-15 - the gathering of Jesus' "brothers" amounts to about 120. That is a lot of "brothers." Brother means kinsmen in Hebrew.
Acts 7:26; 11:1; 13:15,38; 15:3,23,32; 28:17,21 - these are some of many other examples where "brethren" does not mean blood relations.
Rom. 9:3 - Paul uses "brethren" and "kinsmen" interchangeably. "Brothers" of Jesus does not prove Mary had other children.
Gen. 11:26-28 - Lot is Abraham's nephew ("anepsios") / Gen. 13:8; 14:14,16 - Lot is still called Abraham's brother (adelphos") . This proves that, although a Greek word for cousin is "anepsios," Scripture also uses "adelphos" to describe a cousin.
Gen. 29:15 - Laban calls Jacob is "brother" even though Jacob is his nephew. Again, this proves that brother means kinsmen or cousin.
Deut. 23:7; 1 Chron. 15:5-18; Jer. 34:9; Neh. 5:7 -"brethren" means kinsmen. Hebrew and Aramaic have no word for "cousin."
2 Sam. 1:26; 1 Kings 9:13, 20:32 - here we see that "brethren" can even be one who is unrelated (no bloodline), such as a friend.
2 Kings 10:13-14 - King Ahaziah's 42 "brethren" were really his kinsmen.
1 Chron. 23:21-22 - Eleazar's daughters married their "brethren" who were really their cousins.
Neh. 4:14; 5:1,5,8,10,14 - these are more examples of "brothers" meaning "cousins" or "kinsmen."
Tobit 5:11 - Tobit asks Azarias to identify himself and his people, but still calls him "brother."
Amos 1: 9 - brotherhood can also mean an ally (where there is no bloodline).
2006-11-28 02:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible wasn't written to be the complete chronicle of everything. There are many principles and events which never made it into scripture. The Trinity is a good example.
Regarding the necessity of Mary being sinless: If Jesus had been stained by sin in any way, his mission would have ended in failure, before it even began.
The redeemer had to be unspotted by sin, or he wouldn't be suitable for the job.
The reason Mary had to be a virgin was so Jesus would have no sinful human father ... and why worry about a sinful father, if the mother was already soiled by sin?
Sin and God are not compatible.
Anyone who thinks that God would consent to dwell in a corrupt temple, hasn't studied their old testament.
Similarly, Jesus would never accept an impure or imperfect human mother. Not for nine months. Not for 33 years. Not ever.
All the apostles and disciples knew this, because they personally knew Jesus and Mary.
The church knows it for the same reasons.
It's only those who look to scripture alone who have a problem with their understanding, because they follow man-made and non-existent traditions that are based on a lack of information, rather than the whole and real truth.
2006-11-25 08:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do a little reading before you make wild remarks that are not true. Protestants as well as Catholics believe Mary the mother of God was without sin. An it's right in the Bible for anyone to read that Jesus had sisters and brothers. Of course she had to have been in the bushes with someone to get pregnant with Jesus. They stoned people for stuff like that back in those days so they had to use the virgin birth nonsense to save her, God bless kisses Betty.
2006-11-25 07:03:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fight between some Christan groups! Some believe Mary had children After Jesus but the Catholics don't. They beleive she was a virgin for ever
2006-11-25 06:55:39 · answer #4 · answered by Monet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with betty boop about the way things were maybe I'll go to hell for this but I think the whole immaculate conception thing was made up to save herself from death they even left town to have jesus I've been saying it for years people lie and stories get blown out of porportion and change each time they're told by someone new I don't believe a word in the bible.
2006-11-25 07:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by fluttergirl2004 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they want to believe what is comphortable. It is not comphortable to believe that she concieved during petting and hence she was still a virgin, even do it makes more sense then the fairytale we are made to believe. Mary had 7 children, but only the 4 brothers are mentioned somewere, not his 2 sisters! The church toke this out the bible...like many other things...the 'Holy DSpirit is by the way female and women are in HER image; so God made no mistake creating women after all, as man/priest wanted to make us believe...
2006-11-25 07:12:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
before everything who pronounced that Catholics believe that the female Mary substitute into born with out unique sin? As an Anglican Catholic, i believe that the Catholic Church teaches that Mary substitute into born in sin, yet that God made the female with out, it gradual after beginning! the place does this thought come from? the muse of Catholic coaching is the Revelation of Christ as quickly as made to the Saints,(or holy human beings.) S.Jude! This
2016-10-13 02:26:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics DON'T believe that Mary was without sin, and as there is no biblical evidence suggesting that she had no other children, we have to assume that she did.
2006-11-25 06:56:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does your bible say... you know... I guess I think that b/c that what I was always told. In church or sunday school. But wait a sec... if you think she was without sin why is that? I never read or hears anything of there being more children in my Bible.
2006-11-25 06:56:00 · answer #9 · answered by Queen of Kings 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics DON'T believe that Mary was without sin, and as there is no biblical evidence suggesting that she had any other children, we have to assume that she didn't.
2006-11-25 06:54:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋