Did Virgin Mary conceive other children beside Jesus?

Question

Also did Virgin Mary Die and was she buried? If she did why no body knows where her tomb is located?

Catholics! Please answer my question!

Our Early Church Forefather have registered in the church records that Virgin Mary never conceived after Jesus and never died but taken to heaven at a later date after most of the apostles were killed. What do you say to that?

If you think she did conceive other children, how could that be when we read about the prophet Elisha in 2Kings 13:21: "Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet." If Elisha was a mere man of God, who when his bones touched a dead person, the dead came to life. What would be the womb of Virgin Mary like knowing that God lived in it for 9 months? If you think that another entity lived in the same womb for another 9 months, don't you think that womb remained holy even after birth of Jesus?

Answer 1

That is one of the most hotly contested things ever. And it doesn't matter. There are places in the Bible where it says that Jesus had brothers. And in non-cannonical stuff too. But it could have just meant disciples. The point. . it des not matter.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

I don't think anybody knows for sure if she had other children or not. I can easily accept either scenario, for the prospect of Joseph and Mary having a "normal" marriage does not offend my faith. God has a history of rewarding people with familys!

The history of the Bible ends with Paul's first Roman imprisonment in Acts. Mary, at this time, was still alive, although Joseph seems to have died sometime before Jesus (hence Jesus' request to John Boargenes to take care of His mother from the Cross). If there is a recording, other than religious gossip (ie stories that didn't make the cut to get into the Bible), of her passing, I am unaware of it.

FYI, people who have been translated directly from this life into the next, are counted to have physically died. This includes Enoch and Elijah.

Answer 4

Yes, she had other children. She was a virgin when she had Jesus, but later she got married to Joseph, and they had intercourse then.

Matthew 1:24 Then Joseph woke up from his sleep and did as the angel of Jehovah had directed him, and he took his wife home. 25 But he had no intercourse with her until she gave birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.

Also, the Bible does speak of Jesus' brothers & sisters.

Matthew 13:55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where, then, did this man get all these things?”

Although Jesus called his disciples his brothers, those brothers and sisters mentioned in Matthew 13:55 are not his spiritual brothers.

Compare those two scriptures.

John 7:3 Therefore his brothers said to him: “Pass on over from here and go into Ju·de´a, in order that your disciples also may behold the works you do.

And John 7:5 His brothers were, in fact, not exercising faith in him.

If he was refering to his spiritual brothers, then John 7:5 would not say that his brothers were not exercising faith in him, because all of Jesus' spiritual brothers [his disciples] already exercised faith in him.

Answer 5

No, there is no evidence of that. In fact, the Bible does not support such a claim. There is no where in scripture making any claim of any children other than Jesus. No other person makes any claim of being a child of Mary.

When Jesus was dieing on the Cross, he gave care of his Mother to John. This would have never happened had there been other siblings.

People make this type of claim because they ar worldly, not spiritual.

Answer 6

No she did not have any other children except Jesus. The brothers and sisters of Jesus mentioned in the Bible are children of Joseph from a previous marriage. Joseph was a widow when he married the Virgin Mary according to the Protoevangelium of James.

The Blessed Mother did not die a physical death but was taken body and soul to heaven. This is the doctrine of Immaculate Conception and Ascension of Mary.

Peace and every blessing!

Answer 7

It cannot be proven by scripture. In Aramaic the word for brother was the same for cousin. Actually any male relative was your brother to the ancient Hebrews and any female relative was your sister.
The Orthodox teach that Joseph was an older man when he married Mary and had children by a prior marriage and the brothers and sisters mentioned in the Gospels were by Joseph's prior marriage.

Answer 8

Mary conceived Jesus as a virgin by the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost. (Luke ch 2) Jesus had brothers and they were concieved by the union of her husband Joseph. Yes -she did die and was buried no matter what the Catholics or anyone else claims. (A woman is only a "virgin" once)

Answer 9

Mary did not have an “immaculate conception” – there is no Biblical reason to believe Mary’s birth was anything but a normal human birth. Mary was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus (Luke 1:34-38), but the idea of the perpetual virginity of Mary is unbiblical. Matthew 1:25, speaking of Joseph, declares, “But he had no union with her UNTIL she gave birth to a son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.” The word “until” clearly indicates that Joseph and Mary did have sexual union after Jesus was born. Joseph and Mary had several children together after Jesus was born. Jesus had four half-brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas (Matthew 13:55). Jesus also had half-sisters but they are not named or numbered (Matthew 13:55-56). God blessed and graced Mary by giving her several children, which in that culture, was the clearest indication of God’s blessing on a woman.
The Bible does not record Mary's death or again mention Mary after Acts chapter 1.

Answer 10

Only the Catholic church refers to Mary as the Virgin Mary. The bible teaches that Mary and Joseph had sexual relations after Jesus was born, and that Jesus had brothers and sisters.

She died approximately two thousand years ago. Why is it surprising no one knows where?