[ealgeone]

Galatians 1:18-19-

18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother.

checkmate!

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I believe the Biblical use of the word "brother" has been hashed out multiple times. There are several examples of people who are most assuredly not brothers being referred to as such -- Abraham and Lot, to mention one example. The use of the word "brother" has narrowed considerably since ancient times.

But at the end of the day we'll all go on believing what we believed before this thread.

[verga]

Didn’t read the article did you.

[Arthur McGowan]

“Checkmate.”

Only because you are playing checkers while everone else is playing chess.

You can’t expect to be taken seriously if you argue from a SINGLE word in a SINGLE verse—in ENGLISH.

What do you do with the fact that the parents of three of the four “brothers” of Jesus are named in the NT—and they are people OTHER than Mary and Joseph?

Oh, I know. You ignore that fact.