Jesus had a son named Judah and was buried with Mary, could this be true?

Question

Jesus had a son named Judah and was buried alongside Mary Magdalene, according to a new documentary. uncovered 10 of the 2,000-year-old ossuaries - or limestone coffins - in a tomb in March 1980.

According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, six of those coffins were marked with the names Mary; Matthew; Jesua son of Joseph; Mary; Jofa (Joseph, Jesus' brother); and Judah son of Jesua.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6397373.stm

Answer 1

The main scholar who is the source for the story does not think it is Jesus' tomb.
Mary, Joseph, & Jesus are among the four most popular names in the ancient world,much like Jane,Matthew,and Margaret are today.They weren't unusual names in the slightest.
Says Bar-Ilan University Professor Amos Kloner,"..those were the most common names found among Jews in the first centuries BCE and CE"
DNA cannot prove the identity of a person if they do not have another sample.
Jesus' family isn't even from Jerusalem.Why would they be buried there?
Prof. Amos Kloner, the Jerusalem District archeologist who officially oversaw the work at the tomb in 1980 and has published detailed findings on its contents, on Saturday night dismissed the claims. "It makes a great story for a TV film," he told The Jerusalem Post. "But it's impossible. It's nonsense."
Kloner, who said he was interviewed for the new film but has not seen it, said the names found on the ossuaries were common, and the fact that such apparently resonant names had been found together was of no significance. He added that "Jesus son of Joseph" inscriptions had been found on several other ossuaries over the years.
"There is no likelihood that Jesus and his relatives had a family tomb," Kloner said. "They were a Galilee family with no ties in Jerusalem. The Talpiot tomb belonged to a middle-class family from the 1st century CE."
Archeological evidence shows that chances of these being the actual burials of the Holy Family are almost nil," said Motti Neiger,a spokesman for the Antiquities Authority.
Prof. Kloner said there was no way the tomb housed the Holy Family.
The senior Israeli archaeologist who thoroughly researched the tombs after their discovery, and at the time deciphered the inscriptions, cast serious doubt on it.
"It is just not possible that a family who came from Galilee, as the New Testament tells us of Joseph and Mary, would be buried over several generations in Jerusalem."
"Simcha has no credibility whatsoever," says Joe Zias, who was the curator for anthropology and archeology at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem from 1972 to 1997 and personally numbered the Talpiot ossuaries. "He's pimping off the Bible … He got this guy Cameron, who made 'Titanic' or something like that—what does this guy know about archeology? I am an archeologist, but if I were to write a book about brain surgery, you would say, 'Who is this guy?' People want signs and wonders. Projects like these make a mockery of the archeological profession."
The official report written by the archeologist Amos Kloner found nothing remarkable in the discovery. The cave, it said, was probably in use by three or four generations of Jews from the beginning of the Common Era. It was disturbed in antiquity, and vandalized.
No,it has not been proven at all.The archeological world is laughing at the claims.They do not believe it at all.
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Answer 2

I think "Jesus remains" are the anti-Christ. They are calming it's him, and it has all of these people from the New Testament in it, plus the most complete Gospel of Philip (not put in to the King James bible I believe) blah blah blah, is fit's together to perfectly. So, "Jesus" has now been "resurrected". All it takes is good T.V., and every one will start to think it's true. about the Gospel though, I thought they where not written down for hundreds of years, so how would one have made it in to the tomb? Mary had a Gospel so why wouldn't it have been hers? Now with the Holy Grail story being out there (by the discovery channel) every one is going to think that this alleged "Judah" was it. I am curiose as to "Jesus" cause of death. surely if they can dig out remains from rock and tell us the causefrom 2 million years ago, then they should be able to tell us that of some one who has been in a tomb for 2000 years

Answer 3

No, it is not true. That is nonsense. The Gospels are eyewitness accounts of the life of Christ. Even Luke's Gospel record events by eyewitnesses .

Those names were very common in Biblical times as "Israeli archaeologist Amos Kloner who was among the first to examine the tomb when it was first discovered," said in the BBC article.

Furthermore your statement, "According to the Israel Antiquities Authority...would suggest that they agree with the assertions mentioned earlier and that is not the case.

The assertions are being made by James Cameron who has produced a documentary "The Lost Tomb of Jesus." The article states: "But Mr Cameron's claim has been attacked by archaeologists and theologians as unfounded."

Sensationalism sells newspapers and movie tickets. There seems to be a move to undermine people's faith and to poke fun at them for believing. But those who know Jesus the One who is "the way, the truth and the life will" not be fooled by such nonsense.

Thank you for your question and the reference.

Answer 4

Back in those days, the names you mentioned were used over and over again. Many Families used those names. Passed on down from one generation to another. Same way in Norway. Thor, Lars, Brita, Andes and etc. The families kept using the names over and over and it happened in different families , not even related. Many cultures have been working hard to try to prove that Jesus did not exist. This is just another attempt to deny the true Son of God=Jesus.

Answer 5

Read the article on Yahoo news. The BBC did a documentary on this 11 years ago and the whole thing was proved doubtful at best.

Answer 6

That's a bunch of baloney! Jesus died on the cross was resurrected on the third day, Sunday. Appeared to the disciples a couple of times then went to Heaven, where He is right now. He's alive and well. Read the Bible yourself and see the truth.

This is not only baloney,:) but also speculation and speculation is rarely truth. That's why I don't watch things like that, because it is nothing but speculation. I can read the truth in the Bible.

Answer 7

Someone named Jesus had a son named Judah and was buried with Mary, this could be true.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

This is all BS. The name on the tomb is actually Hunan and not Jesus. The people making the thing is out for the money they can make and certainly not by depicting the truth. I've spent a time reading the actual transcripts of this find and it's all made up for sensationalism.

Answer 10

yes it is true

however that doesnt mean it is jesus teh christ
if in 2000 years someone digs up a coffin in the usa with george on it doesnt mean it is george bush

jesus and maria were common names