In the Book of Matthew, when Jesus was healing people, it says something about his brothers and sisters and mom came? Does it literally mean his siblings?
2007-12-08 17:32:29 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. He died a bachelor according to the Buddhist documents maintained in a monastery at Ladhak in India.
2007-12-12 17:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Jesus had a number of siblings.
His brother James (there is more than one James in the New Testament) was actually an Apostle later.
The Catholics, eager to prove their belief that Mary was always a virgin (though that would have made her an ungodly wife) would say that those siblings were Joseph's from another marriage. The problem with that is that there is a passage in Psalms prophesying of the Crucifixion that states that the son of my mother would be there.
2007-12-11 08:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by Yun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After Jesus’ birth, Joseph and Mary had other children, Jesus’ half brothers and sisters. That is evident from the question inhabitants of Nazareth later asked about Jesus: “Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us?” (Matthew 1:25; 13:55, 56; Mark 6:3) We can conclude from this that Jesus’ immediate family consisted of his parents, four brothers, and at least two sisters.
2016-05-22 06:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by lindsay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He did.
Matthew 13:55-56
2007-12-08 17:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by Little Red Hen 2.0 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Galatians 1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
2007-12-08 17:51:33 · answer #5 · answered by Sherry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protestant Christians say that yes, he had blood siblings (half-siblings technically, as Jesus didn't have Joseph's DNA).
Catholic Christians say they were actually Jesus' cousins, not siblings, because according to their tradition, Mary never had sex at all in her life.
Orthodox Christians say that these are kids from Joseph's first wife, because according to their tradition (as with Catholicism), Mary stayed a virgin her whole life.
2007-12-08 17:37:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was highly prized to have many children in those days.
There are some records that tell of his having several sibs. I can't remember which History Channel/PBS/Discovery/A&E show I watched that talked about it. It might have been something like the True Historical Story of the Virgin Mary or something like that.
2007-12-08 19:45:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many Christians will disagree, but according to the Bible he had at least 4 brothers (James being the best known) and 3 sisters.
You can find the NT references here:
http://www.mountainretreatorg.net/faq/sisters.html
2007-12-08 17:39:51 · answer #8 · answered by Adrian S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Jesus was the oldest of several sons. I know James was one, and John might have been another, but I know James was Jesus' brother for sure.
2007-12-08 17:35:29 · answer #9 · answered by 5th Watcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No brothers and sisters refers to just about any blood relation... usually cousins. Jesus did not have siblings. Mary wasn't just a virgin when she had Jesus... she even stayed one afterwards.
2007-12-08 17:36:10 · answer #10 · answered by waltyeagan87 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes he did, James is half brother wrote the Bible book of the same name! He had many other half brothers and sisters.
2007-12-08 17:35:16 · answer #11 · answered by Antdak 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋