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Relatives of Jesus usually found in the gospels in the company of Mary his mother, and variously identified as uterine brothers, stepbrothers or cousins of Jesus. Their names are James, Joses or Joseph, Simon and Judas ( Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3 ). I. Exegetical data and the problems they present.
Feb 11, 2019 · Scripture Suggests Jesus Did Have Siblings. One passage seems to state that Joseph and Mary did have marital relations after the birth of Jesus: When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
The crowd knows four of Jesus’s brothers by name: James, Joses, Judas, and Simon in Mark; or James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas in Matthew. Moreover, they know that “his sisters” live among them. The exact nature of these family relationships, however, is complicated by several factors.
