[madison10]

If Christ really did have brothers then he would have given his mother to one of them at the cross rather then to the Apostle John.

Not necessarily. Why would he give her to brothers who did not believe, until much later, that He was the Christ? They thought Jesus was nuts. Jesus was the eldest, it was, until his dying breath, His duty to find the BEST care for His mother. James, Jude, Joses and/or Simon were not it.

[verga]

>Not necessarily. Why would he give her to brothers who did >not believe, until much later, that He was the Christ? >They thought Jesus was nuts. Jesus was the eldest, it was, >until his dying breath, His duty to find the BEST care for >His mother. James, Jude, Joses and/or Simon were not it.
Jewish law at the time was very clear. they must go to a sibling, where is your support for them being afraid?

Also if you read the entire scripture, you will see that two of the men you mentioned were the sons of Mary the wife of Clopas, Simon was Andrew's brother and their father was a fisherman not a carpenter.

[Gotterdammerung]

"Jesus was the eldest, it was, until his dying breath, His duty to find the BEST care for His mother. James, Jude, Joses and/or Simon were not it. " So Protestants regard Mary being "full of Grace" as nothing more than a common thing.