did jesus have siblings?

Question

maybe jesus and satan are brothers ,maybe satans just got peeeeed off that jesus got all the glory.was he an only child or what.or maybe god and satan are best mates sitting there watching why we choose ourselves what side to be on,they say life is like a game of chess, well i like to know whos playing

Answer 1

No satan was an angel who went against God. Its not a game of chess, its not that simple. However Jesus did have half brothers and sisters, from marry and Joseph

Answer 2

Satan and God had their differences not Jesus and Satan.
Jesus had brothers and sisters. It is thought that these were of a first marriage of Josephs. It is also thought that Mary had no other children after Jesus. God is not on the side of Satan. They have played games with those in the bible stories but only to prove Gods point. Which I have not liked reading about.

Answer 3

Yes, of a sort.

How was James, “the brother of the Lord,” (Matt. 13:55, Acts 15:13-21, 1 Cor. 15:7, Gal. 1:19) related to Jesus. All believers agree he was related, but no one knows exactly how.

The possibilities are that James was:

1. A full brother of Jesus, another Son of God born of the Blessed Virgin Mary. No one to my knowledge accepts that God had another child by the Blessed Virgin Mary.

2. A half-brother of Jesus, a younger son of Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Some Christians believe this possibility but most Christians including those who are Catholic and Eastern Orthodox believe that Mary remained a virgin for her entire life.

3. A stepbrother of Jesus, a son of Joseph and a previous wife. Many Christians believe that Joseph had a least one previous marriage that resulted in children.

4. A stepbrother of Jesus, an adopted son of Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary. When parents died, relatives frequently took their children in and raised them as thier own. An adopted orphaned boy would be considered the brother of Jesus.

5. A cousin of Jesus. The Aramaic language has no word for cousin. Aramaic frequently uses the word “aha,” which we translate into Greek as “adelphos” or English as brother, for cousin.

6. A comrade of Jesus. This is a remote possibility. Greek uses adelphos the same as English does in “a band of brothers.”

Possibilities 1 and 2 obviously go against Catholic beliefs.

The Catholic Church prefers possibility 5 but 3, 4 and 6 would not go against doctrine.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Of the first years of Jesus' life nothing is known except that "the young child continued growing and getting strong, being filled with wisdom, and God's favor continued upon him." (Lu 2:40) In course of time the family grew as four sons and some daughters were born to Joseph and Mary. (Mt. 13:54-56) So, Mary's first born son (Lu. 2:7) did not grow up as an only child. This explains how it was that he was left behind in Jerusalem and wasn't missed until later. (Lu. 2:41-52)

Jude: “A slave of Jesus Christ, but a brother of James.” This is the way the writer of the inspired letter bearing his name introduces himself. Apparently he was not the same person as “Judas the son of James,” one of the 11 faithful apostles of Jesus Christ. (Lu 6:16) He speaks of himself as “a slave,” not an apostle, of Jesus Christ; also he refers to the apostles in the third person as “they.”—Jude 1, 17, 18.

Though the Christian Greek Scriptures speak of other persons called Jude or Judas, this Bible writer distinguished himself from the others by mentioning the name of his brother. From this it may be inferred that his brother James was well known among Christians. Only one person by that name appears to have been outstandingly prominent. The apostle Paul referred to this James as one of the “pillars” of the Jerusalem congregation and as “the brother of the Lord.” (Ga 1:19; 2:9; see also Ac 12:17; 15:13-21.) Therefore, Jude, or Judas, was evidently a half brother of Christ Jesus. (Mt 13:55; Mr 6:3) Yet humbly he did not seek to capitalize on his fleshly relationship to the Son of God but calls himself “a slave of Jesus Christ.”

Early in the ministry of Christ Jesus, Jude may have been among those saying: “He has gone out of his mind.” (Mr 3:21) In any event, Jude and his other brothers did not then exercise faith in Christ Jesus.—Joh 7:5.

As for the angels they are the "sons" of God and so is Jesus, so Jesus and the angels are brothers in that sense. And since Satan was also one of those angels before he fell, you could say they were brothers. The one you don't talk about, the black sheep of the family.

Answer 5

Jesus is God, the second God head of the Trinity. Satan is a created angel, nothing like God at all. Satan got peeeed off because his kingdom is destroyed and his destiny is the eternal lake of fire. Jesus had half brothers and sisters on earth born of Joseph and Mary. You don't choose which side your on. You are born a child of Satan. Only those who are born of God's Holy Spirit are children of God. Common terminology is "born again".

Answer 6

According to scripture, Mary and Joseph had children after Mary had Jesus. Satan was the most beautiful angel but after God created Adam and Eve, he was jealous of them because they were favored by God. He was determined to annihilate them and has been trying ever since.

Answer 7

Yes, Jesus had brothers and sisters, he had to. Jesus was a perfect sacrifice for our sins. He had to know what is was like to be part of a family. If you have a Bible look in the Gospel of Mark chapter 6, about verse 3. You will see Jesus's family. Satan or the devil was an outcast angel who thought he was above God, he thought wrong. Now he is doomed for hell and tries his best to take as many people with him as he can. I hope you are not on that path. If you believe inJesus and would like to get saved and born again yu can do that right now if you really believe that Christ came to earth and died for your sins, Just say this simple prayer believing in the almighty, Dear Jesus I just pray right now that you forgive me of all my sins and come into my heart and save me. I believe that you came to earth and died on a cross, and then rose from the grave the third day to be a perfect sacrifice for my sins. I willingly give my life to you and promise to serve you with all my heart. Please make me one of your children in the name of Jesus I pray Amen... If you Prayed this Prayer with a sincere heart truly believing in Jesus you are now a child of the King. Praise the Lord, If you have any questions please feel free to send me an email, May God Bless You

Answer 8

Supposedly Satan was a fallen angel that wanted to be greater than God, not Jesus.

And Jesus supposedly did have mortal brothers and sisters after he was born. These siblings came from his parents Joseph and Mary.

Answer 9

"Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, 'He is out of his mind.'" Mark 3:20,21 Then if we continue on to verse 31 when they actually arrived it says: Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you." "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother." Mark 3:31-35

And so also it was spoken of Jesus, "Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? ? And His sisters, are they not all with us?" Matt 13:55,56

Answer 10

You must be confused by the English Bible’s use of the term brothers and sisters of Jesus. The Greek does not necessarily refer to Mary’s children, however; they may be more distant relatives--cousins, etc.:

These following verses of the Bible mention Jesus’ “brothers” and “sisters,” and they even give names to four of the “brothers”:

- Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? (Matthew 13:55-56a)

- Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? (Mark 6:1-6)

At the cross a woman by the name of Mary is said to be the mother of two of these brothers, James and Joseph/Joses (curiously, however, she is not referred to as Jesus’ mother):

- Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. (Matthew 27:56)

- There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome. (Mark 15:40)

This Mary is also referred to simply as “Mary the mother of James”:

- When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices so that they might go and anoint him. (Mark 16:1)

- The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles (Luke 24:10)

Furthermore, this same Mary is referred to as “the other Mary” (this is not the way Matthew’s Gospel otherwise refers to Jesus’ mother):

- But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained sitting there, facing the tomb. (Matthew 27:61)

- After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. (Matthew 28:1)

There were, in fact, three “Marys” at the cross: Jesus’ mother Mary, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. It is Mary the wife of Clopas who is the “other Mary”; also, she is apparently “sister” (i.e., relative) to Jesus’ mother Mary, thereby making her sons Jesus’ “brothers” (relatives):

- But standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. (John 19:25)

Mary’s true spousal relationship was with the Holy Spirit, by Whose action/power she came to be with Child; she remained faithful to her Spouse. Joseph was there to provide an earthly father figure for Jesus and protector for the truly unique situation of the Holy Family.

Other questions:

Why does Jesus give his mother to the beloved disciple if she had other children who could have cared for her? (John 19:26)

Why does the biblical writer Jude (one of the four “brothers” of Jesus) call himself a brother of James, not a brother of Jesus himself? (Jude 1:1)

Also, we should be clear that the Bible's use of the term "firstborn" for Jesus is a legal designation that has nothing to do with further children.

The early Church was clear that Jesus did not have brothers and sisters in the sense that Mary and Joseph had other children.