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- In summary, according to the KJV, Jesus had at least six siblings – four brothers and at least two sisters.
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Jan 31, 2024 · What we do know according to Scripture is that Jesus did have siblings. In the Gospel accounts in the books of Mark and Matthew, Jesus had at least 4 named brothers - James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon and presumably two or more unnamed sisters.
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The four brothers of Jesus are named in the Gospels (Mt. 13:55; Mk. 6:3). We can be sure that James was the eldest of the four, and Joses the next in age, but since Matthew and Mark differ in the order in which they list Simon and Judas, we cannot be sure which was the youngest.
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Greek: ἀδελφοί, translit. adelphoí, lit. "of the same womb") [1] [Notes 1] are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude, [2] and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew. [3]
Who are the “brothers” who arrive with Jesus’ mother? Did Jesus have brothers in the usual sense of the term? How many? If they were not blood brothers, what other possible relationship could they have to Jesus? (This is the first reference to Jesus’ brothers in the synoptic gospels.) 2. Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6. People are amazed ...
Jan 12, 2022 · Although we are not sure how many sisters Jesus had, the fact that He did indeed have at least six siblings is indisputable (Mark 6:3). Jude 1:1 identifies the author of the epistle as “the brother of James.”
The Bible reveals that Jesus did have (half) brothers and (half) sisters (they all had the same mother, but not the same father). Mary, by the time her firstborn son's ministry started, had given birth through Joseph to at least four other boys and at least two girls for a family composed of at least seven children!
Dec 21, 2020 · We’ll touch on what happened to some of these brothers at the moment. Considering the Gospels say sisters (plural) and we have four brothers mentioned, we can assume Jesus had at least six siblings. The Gospels don’t indicate how many he has.
