Posted on 03/26/2015 5:03:18 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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Jesus probably had 1/2 blood brothers with Joseph their father and Mary their mother.
Yes...nine months after Joseph “knew” Mary which he did NOT until after the birth of Jesus.
Fleshy? Does that mean they were fat?
In the Greek, Luke uses the phrase τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον, translated literally as the son of her, the firstborn. In English we would say, her firstborn son.
The key word in this section is πρωτότοκον (prototokos). It means first, pre-eminent; the first among others. It allows for other children to be born to Mary.
Contrast this with John 3:16 where John uses the Greek Υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ, literally Son the only begotten.
The key word is μονογενῆ (monogenes). It means one and only; one of a class.
We know this is the correct description of Jesus as He is the only Son of God.
However, He is not the only son of Mary. Recall that Luke was a physician who by his own account researched a lot so we would have an accurate account of what happened.
If Luke wanted to indicate Mary had only one child he would have used the phrase John did.
Catholics will strangely say that Mary remained a virgin for her entire life and never had relations with her husband.
Yes.
http://www.bible.org.nz/where-can-i-find-the-scripture-that-proves-jesus-had-brothers-and-sisters/
Oh, brother....
Yes.
That would be part of his humanity.
Not the Immaculate Conception, the perpetual virginity.
NO!
No the “immaculate conception” addresses Mary being born without sin
Not so strange,since Mary’s perpetual divinity has always been maintained by the Church, and is a sign of our eternal status in Heaven. It amazes me to see the amount of energy expended by some Protestants to argue otherwise. I pray that you will meet her in Heaven, when you will meet her as the Queen of the Angels and the mother of all Christians.
Your statement is true.
You beat me to it, and you even used the exact wording I was thinking of!
Mary is not a deity. She is not a goddess.
Only if the half-brothers were born first :)
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