[Paulus Invictus]

I agree that there are too many imponderables re the subject since the Gospels are virtually silent as to Jesus' life up until he was about 30. Jewish men were and still are expected to fulfill their destiny and marry. The story of the water-to-wine wedding feast has intrigued me, since according to ancient Jewish wedding customs, the bridegroom had to provide the wedding feast and wine. Jesus did the job in a most unexpected way. Hmmmm.

Here's a theological thought from Matthew 5:48: Jesus commanded: "Be ye therefore teleoi (complete or fulfilled or perfect." It is widely thought that a man is not complete without a wife or a woman without a husband (one flesh). Hence, was Jesus married and therefore "complete" as a man? The answer is we don't know if he was or was not married, but who really cares and why?

[SoothingDave]

Here's a theological thought from Matthew 5:48: Jesus commanded: "Be ye therefore teleoi (complete or fulfilled or perfect." It is widely thought that a man is not complete without a wife or a woman without a husband (one flesh). Hence, was Jesus married and therefore "complete" as a man? The answer is we don't know if he was or was not married, but who really cares and why?

You think, then, that Jesus required a wife in order to be complete? Being the Incarnate God wasn't enough?

SD

[job]

The church was and is His bride; he is the Bridegroom.

[Buggman]

The answer is we don't know if he was or was not married, but who really cares and why?

It actually screws with Christianity's theology a lot. Several times in the NT, the point is made that the Church (by which I do not mean the RCC) is to Christ as a bride is to her husband. If Christ is already married, He would have to be a divorcee or a polygomist, neither of which is consistant with the picture of His perfection, which is in turn necessary in order for Him to be a perfect sacrifice in our place.