What were their names?
2007-09-22 18:06:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You never will because the church doesn't want Jesus to be anything but God/son of God and to have brothers and sisters would make him mortal!
2007-09-22 18:31:48 · answer #1 · answered by Rev. Kaldea 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
James(who wrote the epistle of the same name) Jude (also wrote a one pager) Joses and Simon.It says He had sisters but doesn't name them.(Mark 6:3)
Matthew says Joseph didn't know Mary "until" Jesus was born.After that apparently God rewarded Joseph for his faithful patience.Looks like at 7 kids at least. AND NO,they were not Step brothers and sisters.That is not scriptural.That is Catholic man made nonsense to try to keep wonderful Mary a virgin so they can promote her to Queen of heaven status.
By the way(I keep reading nonsense on here and re editing myself) The word for cousin is "anepsis" which is NOT used when speaking of his extended family.They were his brothers .
2007-09-22 18:11:58 · answer #2 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jesus had no brothers or sisters. The mis-understanding comes from the fact that Hebrew had no term for extended family like we do. They would refer to cousins, aunts, uncles, etc as brothers and sisters. The brothers of Jesus mentioned in John 6:3 are James Joses Judas and Simon. We find in Mathew 27:55-56 that James and Joses are both sons of another Mary.
2007-09-22 18:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by march 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes He did. I suppose they did not contribute significantly to His ministry with the exception of James and Jude, who were authors of one book each in the New Testament.
Their names are given in Mark 6:3, however the sisters are not named..
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of, James and Joses, and of Juda and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.
2007-09-22 18:29:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You never hear about them because it goes against the Catholic doctrine that Mary is 'ever virgin'.
A doctrine borrowed by Rome in431 AD in order to assimilate the pagans.
Some of their names were James, Joses,Salome.
They are mentioned in Matthew.
2007-09-22 18:18:35 · answer #5 · answered by Wonderwall 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes after Jesus Mary and Joseph had children however there is very little known about them.
2007-09-22 18:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Other than James, who was Jesus' brother, the others were apparently inconsequential in the scheme of things.
Good question! God bless!
2007-09-22 18:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Jesus did have other siblings, but their biological father was Joseph. Jesus was the eldest, of course.
2007-09-22 18:12:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
2007-09-22 18:12:11 · answer #9 · answered by exodust20 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't hear about them because Catholic scribes wrote the bible.
Accordingly, they were half brothers and sisters because Jesus was born from the spirit of God causing a miracle birth in a virgin.
His half sisters and brothers were.
James mentioned in the bible.
Joseph
Simon
Jude
Amos who died at age 5 from a fever.
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2007-09-22 18:34:54 · answer #10 · answered by Rev. TomCat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋