If Jesus had brothers and/or sisters, Does that mean that there is a Jesus bloodline?

Question

Assuming he did have brothers and sisters, they must have had children,

these people went on to have children and they are all distantly related to Jesus, right?

Mr. Ed, how can you say that there would be a "joseph bloodline"


ummmm What about Mary? Surely you concede that Jesus was at least HALF mary if he were born of flesh,

so if she had more children,

What are you talking about??????

Answer 1

Yes. But when the temple in Jerusalem was destoyed all the geneological records of the Jews from that time were destroyed as well, so no person can with an certainty claim to have been related to Jesus that directly. There are simply no records, no proof, to back it up.

Answer 2

Many Protestants believe that Jesus had siblings and that Mary did not remain a virgin because of mistranslations from the Greek. The meaning of the word in the Greek Text is "close relative." Catholics believe that these people are cousins.

Similarly, the King James Version of the Bible states that Mary & Joseph did not have relations until Jesus was born -- implying that they did have relations after his birth. The original Greek has no such connotation.

There are passages in the Apochrypha that indicate that Mary remained a virgin. These books are part of the Catholic Bible -- but were excluded from the Protestant Bible because Martin Luther decided that they were not the holy word of God.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Think of it this way. There is a family tree. Two branches of Mary.....Jesus and a bro/sis. In a regular tree (not an abnormal tree) are these two branches touching? (not at the base, thats mary). NO THEY ARE NOT TOUCHING!!!!! There is a bloodline of Mary. But not of Jesus. Mary and Jesus are two different people. Yes, Jesus has characteristics of Mary. But Mary did not take any individual Characteristics that were original from Christ. Mary and Christ would have to be one in the same in order for Christ to have a bloodline. Thats kinda crazy.

Answer 5

Very distantly! These brothers and sisters of Jesus were off-springs of Mary and Joseph the laborer. Some say carpenter, but the actual translation in the early Greek means, a common laborer. Jesus was the incarnate of God (God in the flesh). He was both God and man! He never married, and therefore had no descendants. Nowhere in the Bible does it state that Jesus married, or had children. But it does tell us of his mission in life. To enter this sin sick world and save it from its deadly sins! If Jesus would have married and had descendants, then what are we to say of His divine mission to offer up himself a living sacrifice for sinful mankind? Just replace us sinners with the sinless perfect descendant of Jesus and whoever, and be done with the human race! Heaven forbid! Grace be unto God for His love shown aboard for many, through the death, burial, and resurrection of His only begotten (created in the womb) Son, Jesus Christ!!! PTL

Answer 6

It is my understanding that that is what the pretense of the Holy Grail is about. Descendents of Jesus & Mary Madelene.

This is what I have read in reference to brothers & sisters of Christ:

Jesus’ brothers are mentioned in several Bible verses. Matthew 12:46, Luke 8:19, and Mark 3:31 say that Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him. 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). In John 7:1-10, His brothers go on to the festival while Jesus stays behind. In Acts 1:14, His brothers and mother are described as praying with the disciples. Later, in Galatians 1:19, it mentions that James was Jesus’ brother. The most natural conclusion of these passages is to interpret that Jesus had actual blood siblings.



Some Roman Catholics claim that these “brothers” were actually Jesus’ cousins. However, in each instance, the specific Greek word for “brother” is used. While the word can refer to other relatives, its normal and literal meaning is a physical brother. There was a Greek word for cousin, and it was not used. Further, if they were Jesus’ cousins, why would they so often be described as being with Mary, Jesus’ mother? There is nothing in the context of His mother and brothers coming to see Him that even hints that they were anyone other than His literal, blood-related half-brothers.



A second Roman Catholic argument is that Jesus’ brothers and sisters were the children of Joseph from a previous marriage, before he married Mary. An entire theory of Joseph's being significantly older than Mary, having been previously married, having multiple children, and then being widowed before marrying Mary is invented. The problem with this is that the Bible does not even hint that Joseph was married or had children before he married Mary. If Joseph had at least six children before he married Mary, why are they not mentioned in Joseph and Mary’s trip to Bethlehem (Luke 2:4-7) or their trip to Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15) or their trip back to Nazareth (Matthew 2:20-23)?



There is no Biblical reason to believe that these siblings are anything other than the actual children of Joseph and Mary. Those who oppose the idea that Jesus had half-brothers and half-sisters do so, not from a reading of Scripture, but from a preconceived concept of the perpetual virginity of Mary, which is itself clearly unbiblical: "But he (Joseph) had no union with her (Mary) UNTIL she gave birth to a son. And he gave Him the name Jesus" (Matthew 1:25). Jesus had half-siblings, half-brothers and half-sisters, who were the children of Joseph and Mary. That is the clear and unambiguous teaching of God’s Word.

Answer 7

That is impossible. Biologically impossible. See Blood is determined by the gene structure of the father since a baby's blood and it's mother's blood never comes in contact with each other. Hence why Mary was a virgin at the time of conception with Jesus. Jesus' blood was pure unlike no one else hence why it is able to cleanse our sins. So to answer your question in a semi-scientific way No there is not a Jesus bloodline. That is impossible.

Answer 8

Not that were directly from Jesus, yes, Mary gave birth to Jesus, but she did not conceive Jesus. God miraculously transferred the life of Jesus to Mary's womb, but nothing about Jesus was like any other embryo or growth and life, at least in as far as the beginning of that life. Mary did go on to have other children with Joseph, but they shared the bloodline of Mary and Joseph, not Jesus.

Answer 9

There would be a Joseph bloodline, not a Jesus bloodline, in that sense, because they would not be descended from Him.
In another sense, all believers belong to the Jesus bloodline, since we have been redeemed by His blood.

Answer 10

They would be related, but Jesus' blood wasn't from Mary, His mother, as the child's blood doesn't mix with the mother's. And He didn't have any genetic material from Joseph, the "step dad". So it could be possible to trace ones kinship to Mary and Joseph, if any are alive.