[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

She was until she after she had Jesus. Then, married to Joseph, they had more children. No mystery here.

[yarddog]

My Grandfather went to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the very early 1900s. He could read and translate both Greek and Roman but not Hebrew except just a few words. I know he had books about the dead sea scrolls and studied them.

He was also brilliant, having been elected to the Florida Senate at age 18. That by the way that is not the record. Doyal Conner beat his record by a few months.

I scored 98.7 on the Federal Service Entrance Exam yet Granddaddy was much smarter than me.

He told me that the King James Version was a better version than all that had preceded it. Some later ones may have found a word or two but overall it was a tremendous achievement. Nothing comes close in it’s majesty.

[maro]

As I recall, the Hebrew word in the original does not necessarily imply virginity.

[TBP]

Many changes have been made to the Bible over the centuries. The last chapters of Mark wre added later, for example.

[chuckles]

Bunch of eggheads trying to argue the angels on the head of a pin again. The Septuagint is clear its a virgin and the Strong's for the KJV says virgin. Jesus fulfilled every prophesy including this one. The Septuagint was what the Apostles read at the time of Jesus, for the most part. There are mentions of the Book of Enoch in Jude, and other books that we don't read today but they had access to.

I discovered the Septuagint a few years ago and find it even more informative than the KJV. The Greeks were more descriptive than Hebrew and the meaning was decided on by Jews and the proper Greek was chosen. If you are into prophesy in the Last days, the Septuagint is more descriptive and accurate. An example would be Amos 7:1 speaks of the king's mowings. Well, the king spoken of was Gog which the KJV doesn't speak of. There are many changes in Genesis that tell you more in the Septuagint than KJV.

[boatbums]

Your link doesn't go to this article.

If it is saying what I think it is, it's a common error that those who deny the Messiah is Jesus Christ mistranslate Isaiah 7:14 and the word for "virgin". They insist it means "young woman". I think this is ludicrous because that prophecy says the Lord God will give a sign. How is a young woman conceiving a child any kind of sign? Now, a VIRGIN, doing so certainly qualifies as a miraculous sign. So, yes, Mary WAS a virgin when she conceived Jesus - the incarnated God.

[rwa265]

Here’s the link:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/is-mary-not-a-virgin-new-german-bible-includes-some-unorthodox-translations

[piusv]

I’m sure Francis is totally fine with this.

[bjorn14]

In the new Norwegian translation, they called Mary a young woman not a virgin. Idiots.

[Lee N. Field]

Most frightening is the change to the iconic Isaiah passage (7:14): “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son”.....

< shrug>. Not the big deal this author seems to think it is.

[Mechanicos]

This secular argument is debunked by the context surrounding it. Joesph wanted to divorce Mary when he found out she was pregnant - starting at Matt 1:19. So In context its clear she was still identified as a virgin at that time. parthenos: a maiden, a virgin Original Word: παρθένος, ου, ὁ, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: parthenos Phonetic Spelling: (par-then'-os) Short Definition: a virgin So from before conception she was called a virgin in several places and after conception Joseph wanted to divorce her over it. Context matters.

[Verginius Rufus]

Romans 16.7 mentions Andronikos and Iounias, but both are in the accusative case with the ending -n. Iounias is a masculine name, Iounia (Junia) is feminine, but would have the same form in the accusative case. The only difference would be in the accent and I don't know how many of the early manuscripts have the accents.

So I don't know if they have any "new evidence" to favor Iounias over Iounia.

Similarly in Romans 16.15 there is a name which may be Ioulia (Julia), as most manuscripts have it, but there is an alternative reading which could be either Iounias or Iounia (again, in the accusative case so spelled the same way).

[Salvation]

I guess they haven’t read the Bible. Both the Old Testament prophecies and the New Testament account of the Nativity of Jesus.

[BlatherNaut]

The German Bishops have presented a new “Unified Translation” of the Bible that follows a significant modernization of the language and will be binding for all German-speaking areas starting in 2017.

NOT binding.

Toss it into the bin posthaste and replace with Douay-Rheims translation.

[vladimir998]

Well, I’m glad I picked up the 1980 edition of the Die Bibel when I was last in Germany. And, by the way, “Einheitsübersetzung” should be translated as “Standard Translation” rather than “Unified Translation”.

[mrobisr]

Who cares... unless you want to make her into some kind of goddess?
Jesus, Jesus, and Jesus

John 14:6
Philippians 2:9
Romans 10:9

[piusv]

And still no response from Francis, eh?