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Feb 5, 2024 · The Bible tells us that Jesus had four brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas (Matthew 13:55). The Bible also tells us that Jesus had sisters, but they are not named or numbered (Matthew 13:56). In John 7:1-10, His brothers go on to the festival while Jesus stays behind.
Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? What were their names? How many children did Mary and Joseph ultimately produce? We can begin to find our answer about whether Jesus had literal brothers by looking at the accounts of his family trying to talk to him.
Jan 31, 2024 · Yes, the Bible Says Jesus Had Brothers and Sisters. Let us first sum up what we know from the New Testament of the brothers and sisters of the Lord. They are mentioned in Matthew 12:46-50, 13:55-56; Mark 3:31, 6:3; Luke 8:19; John 2:12, 7:3; Acts 1:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; and Paul speaks of a James the Lord's brother (Galatians 1:19).
Dec 10, 2013 · Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? For centuries theologians have debated whether or not Jesus had any siblings. But what does scripture say about his complicated family tree?
Dec 21, 2020 · Scripture mentions the half-brothers and sisters of Jesus multiple times, and, in fact, we have a few books in the New Testament from some of them. Let’s explore some of the names of Jesus’ brothers and sisters found in Scripture.
Four men—James, Joses, Simon, and Judas—are mentioned as the brothers or siblings of Jesus. (See Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3.) There has been much discussion through the centuries as to the exact relationship of these men to Jesus.
According to the Gospels, Jesus had several "brothers and sisters" (see "Mary" for possible meanings), but James and Jude are the only ones mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament—James as a...
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Greek: ἀδελφοί, translit. adelphoí, lit. "of the same womb") are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude, and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew.
Though they shared no direct biological connection to Jesus, these children came to be called Jesus’s “brothers and sisters,” making them Jesus’s step-siblings. One other tradition argues that Jesus’s “brothers and sisters” are more rightly identified as his cousins.
As Jesus is teaching, “his mother and his brothers” arrive and send someone to tell Him of their arrival. Jesus tells His hearers that “Whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, my mother” (Mark 3:35; all Scripture quotations are from the NEB). Who are the “brothers” who arrive with Jesus’ mother?
