Luke a medical doctor wrote Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke as a medical doctor would know the difference in ‘first’ born and ‘only’ born. Get prepared to find out Mary was a loving wife to Joseph and had other live birth children. Why is there a made up exemption for Mary to practice birth control????????
Or... perhaps Luke, as a medical doctor, was obliquely affirming her virginity. There were no other births before this one. It doesn't have to be a statement of all that occurred thereafter.
With all due respect, you simply do not know what you are talking about.
'First-born' is a term in Jewish tradition. The first-born is the first male born. The first-born has status of principal heir and successor of his father as head of the family. It does not refer to the order of birth of children, only male children. If I was Jewish, the fifth child, with four older sisters, I would still be the first-born.
Mary didn’t practice birth control, she was chaste.
at the time of Christ being first born, He would have also been only born......Luke had no knowledge of her future child bearing experiences....