Who's being hyper-literal now? :-)
Didn't Jesus know they would come around to believe in Him?
And in the meantime ...
What? I don't see the threat to Mary's life or limb that is apparently visible to others. If the other brothers did not believe in Jesus as Messiah, so what? Would they have locked Mary in a cage and forbid her to believe what she wanted? Would that have changed her beliefs or role?
SD
What? I don't see the threat to Mary's life or limb that is apparently visible to others. If the other brothers did not believe in Jesus as Messiah, so what? Would they have locked Mary in a cage and forbid her to believe what she wanted? Would that have changed her beliefs or role?
Wasn't it better for her to be with believers ?