Matthew 13 54When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? 56And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?"
Only Jesus is referreed to here as a child of Mary.
55Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? 56And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?"
The subject is about Jesus, not Mary.
Why would the writer suddenly switch from the facts about Jesus, and begin talking about Mary's children?
Because he knew someday the RC's would use this silence to build a doctrine?
Lets see how it would sound.
V-55 Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are these not her children James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? V-56 And His sisters, are they not all with us?
If it had been written as you suggest it was meant to be, the original subject of who Christ was and how to identify Him in the community, would have been changed from Him to His mother.
Let me demonstrate’
Isn’t this Jesus, the son of a carpenter? (subject is Jesus)And isn’t his mothers name, Mary? (the subject is still Jesus) Aren’t Mary’s children named James, Joses, Simon and Judas? (subject is now Mary, and who her children were.)
JH :-)
Rather, it is cited as proof that they are co-uteral. Which it is not.
It is cited when asked for text showing Mary is the mother of anyone else.
The fact remains that nowhere in the Bible is Mary, the mother of Jesus called anyone else's mother. Nor is any other person identified as a child (son or daughter) of Mary.
That is the point. That Mary having only one child, Jesus, is not contradicted by Scripture.
SD