The "Virgin"Mary?

Question

Why do the scriptures say that she had children both boys and a least one girl??

Answer 1

She was really a Virgin at the time of Jesus Christ's birth. Jesus Christ was the first born son of Mary.

The Catholics teach that Mary was a virgin for ever. this is not based on the Holy Bible but mere to support their pagan belief.


6. Though Jesus Christ had earthly Brothers, through his mother Mary, Catholics teach she was virgin forever and the queen of Heaven. King of Heaven is God. By calling a woman as the queen of heaven, Catholics do BLASPHEMY.

7. To state that Mother Mary is still virgin Catholics twist the meaning of Brother to Cousin. Though the Bible clearly say that Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ had other sons and Daughters, Catholics teach they were cousins of Jesus. Read Mark 6

1And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

2And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

4But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.

Answer 2

We need to realize a few things here about these "brothers and sisters":

#1, there was no word for cousin, or for nephew or niece, or for aunt or uncle in ancient Hebrew or Aramaic - the words that the Jews used in all those instances were "brother" or "sister". An example of this can be seen in Gen 14:14, where Lot, who was Abraham's nephew, is called his brother.

#2) If Jesus had had any brothers, if Mary had had any other sons, would the last thing that Jesus did on earth be to grievously offend his surviving brothers? In Jn 19:26-27, right before Jesus dies, it says that Jesus entrusted the care of His mother to the beloved disciple, John. If Mary had had any other sons, it would have been an incredible slap in the face to them that the Apostle John was entrusted with the care of their mother!

#3) Also, we see from Mt. 27:55-56, that the James and Joses mentioned in Mark 6 as the "brothers" of Jesus, are actually the sons of another Mary. And, one other passage to consider is Acts 1:14-15, "[The Apostles] with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with His brothers...the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty." A company of 120 persons composed of the Apostles, Mary, the women, and the "brothers" of Jesus. Let's see there were 11 Apostles at the time. Jesus' mother makes 12. The women, probably the same three women mentioned in Matthew 27, but let's say it was maybe a dozen or two, just for argument's sake. So that puts us up to 30 or 40 or so. So that leaves the number of Jesus' brothers at about 80 or 90! Do you think Mary had 80 or 90 children? She would have been in perpetual labor! No, Scripture does not contradict the teaching of the Catholic Church about the "brothers" of Jesus, when Scripture is properly interpreted in context.
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thankx to Randy Carson for the info. yez its a bit long but that should give you some explanation.

Answer 3

you quoted this man or woman asserting "Buffet Catholic, The Bible isn't incorrect. I agree that we can ask others to desire for us, yet they are in a position to't pray while they are in heaven already. while the Bible says to ask others to desire for you, it is speaking approximately fellow Christians, and not gods with a lowercase "g"." How do you artwork that there is not any prayer in heaven? Do you think of we become God's equals while we get there or something? all human beings who bypass to heaven will compliment God perpetually. The physique of Christ would not stop purely by way of fact we die. we are all, lifeless and living, part of the physique of Christ. i do no longer delight on your deceptive question. you could besides have asked why we worship Mary, then a minimum of you will get a in the present day forward answer you will nevertheless won't settle for. No parishoner worships Mary. in the event that they do, they are idolizing, however the Church would not condone it, and to declare the Catholic Church teaches to try this's a lie.

Answer 4

They say that because she did have other children after she had Jesus. When she became pregnant with Jesus, she was a virgin. God chose her to be the earthly mother of His Son, so he planted a seed in her womb, making the conception an emaculate one. That is why if you look in the Bible for Christ's geneaology, you will find that Joseph is not a part of Christ's geneaology at all, because Joseph is not His father. God is His Father and He is God in the flesh. After she had Jesus, Mary had other children with Joseph. I hope that helps.

Answer 5

According to the Bible, Mary became pregnant with Jesus before she married her husband, Joseph. At this time, she and Joseph had not had sex, so she was a virgin.

"The Virgin Mary" refers to Mary being a virgin at the time she gave birth to Jesus, and does not mean that Mary was a virgin her entire life.

After she married Joseph, they produced the other children through sexual intercourse.

Answer 6

She was not a virgin when she gave birth to the others. But when she was pregnant with Jesus, she was still a virgin and had concieved a child being one. After Jesus came only did she lose her virginity and give birth to James and others.

Answer 7

Because she did. They were Joseph's children. Jesus had half brothers and sisters, so Mary was no virgin after he was born.

Answer 8

She was a virgin until after the birth of Jesus. She and Joseph were married and had more children after Jesus. Married people do that ya know. :-)

Answer 9

She did not have any other children they were cousins to Jesus
The problem emerges in understanding the meaning of the word brother. In the original text of the gospel, we find the Greek word adelphos, meaning brother, used. However, adelphos does not just mean blood brothers born of the same parents. Rather, adelphos was used to describe brothers not born of the same parents, like a halfbrother or stepbrother. The word also described other relationships like cousins, nephews, etc. For example in Genesis 13:8 and 14:1416 the word adelphos was used to describe the relationship between Abraham and Lot; however, these two men did not share a brother relationship, but one of uncle and nephew. Another instance is that of Laban, who was an adelphos to Jacob, not as a brother, but as an uncle. (In the New American translation, "kinsman" or "relative" will be used in these Old Testament cases; I do not know why this is not true in the English translation of the gospel.) The same is true for the word sister

Answer 10

The scriptures say it because it is the truth. When the Bible says something, we believe it, it is the authority for faith.