This has been a long drawn out Question....everyone seems to have a different answer...Did the Biblical Character known as Jesus Christ .. have Brothers & Sisters ... and Who was their Father/s...or Mother/s
2007-01-09 21:52:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No one seems to be 100% sure....
2007-01-10 02:12:29 · update #1
Joseph and Mary had more children after Jesus was born.I beleive this because it would have been against her religion to refuse to have sex with her husband.
2007-01-10 01:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Jesus's mother Mary may have had some other children, fathered by her husband, Joseph, they would be Jesus's half brothers and sisters. There is some biblical evidence of Jesus having siblings.
Matthew 12 v46 "While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside wanting to speak to him."
Matthew 13 v55-56 and Mark 6 v3"... aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us?..."
Mark 3 v31 "Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside they sent someone in to call him."
Galatians 1 v19 "..Only James, the Lord's brother."
However some scholars claim that the word translated as "brothers" or "sisters" could easily refer to "kinsman" or "cousin". This is the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief, and there is a belief that Mary never had any other children. Mary may have taken a vow of celibacy and his "siblings" were from Joseph's previous marriage or were actually his cousins.
Personally, I think it highly unlikely that Mary never had children other than Jesus. But there isn't much to absolutely confirm or deny this.
2007-01-10 08:48:59 · answer #2 · answered by Nebulous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the teaching of both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches that Mary was ever-virgin. The Bible never states that Mary had other children, and no person other than Jesus is identified as being her child. According to the Eastern Orthodox, Joseph was a widower with children from a previous marriage, and this is found in early Christian writings such as the History of Joseph the Carpenter, the Protoevangelium of James, and the Panarion. The Catholic Church takes no position on whether the "brothers and sisters" are Joseph's children from a previous marriage or whether they are actually cousins.
2007-01-10 06:06:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jesus didn't have any brothers or sisters. The passage in Mark does refer to brothers and sisters, but these were the sons and daughters of Joseph, Mary's husband. When Mary and Joseph fot married, Mary was 13 and Joseph 50. He had had other wives and with them children.
Let's not forget that even for people who don't believe in God Mary probably believed taht she was pregnant with the son of God. So, which woman, after giving birth to God would go and sleep with another man? Really now?
2007-01-10 07:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by Ana 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, Jesus had no siblings, but He had other relatives of course some of whom were bishops in the early church in Palestine for the first 100 years after His death and ressurection.
The thought that the Lord would have siblings is a modern one, some people started believing that in some sects a hundred years ago.
No Christian has believied that ever up until that point in history.
Nor did the Protestant reformers: Luther Calvin and Zwingli.
The bible does not identify other children of Mary.
Why would Jesus leave His mother in the care of John if she had other children who could care for her?
2007-01-10 06:16:32 · answer #5 · answered by carl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mary and Joseph raised Jesus, but they share no genetic genes. Jesus is of the Holy Spirit, Mary just happened to be the one to carry him. Jesus was created inside of Mary by the Holy Spirit, not by any human.
The Bible tells us that Jesus had four brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas (Matthew 13:55). The Bible also tells us that Jesus had sisters, but they are not named or numbered (Matthew 13:56).
Some Roman Catholics claim that these “brothers” were actually Jesus’ cousins.
2007-01-10 06:05:57 · answer #6 · answered by Kenneth H 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Look at Mark 6.2-3
"How does he perform miracles? Isn't he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph. Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters living here? And so they rejected him."
Hope that helps. x
2007-01-10 06:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by kate_wizzbomb 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As Christians we are all "adopted" into HIS FATHER's family as Children of GOD. However, HE had at least one 'brother' who was born after HIM by HIS mother and Joseph. Have a great day!!
Eds
2007-01-10 07:02:15 · answer #8 · answered by Eds 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Priory of Sion, which claims to have kept up with
Jesus's children, is a front group created by the real
order of Sion, to discredit investigatioin into their order.
The real Sion is composed of people who think the Tribe of Benjamin is the rightful ruler of Jerusalem. They have got the world thinking the Jews are the bad guys. So
naturally, they killed two birds with one stone. Making
suspicion of their order look like a joke, and discrediting
Christ who was born from Jewish lineage at the same time.
2007-01-10 06:02:10 · answer #9 · answered by KiLLJoY 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Since he had an earthly mother, then, yes. Her sons were his brothers and sisters. Actually, I don't even know if there were any sisters in there, but there definately were some brothers. Their father was Joseph.
2007-01-10 05:59:06 · answer #10 · answered by ScottyJae 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋