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Bible Questions Answered:
“Did
Jesus have brothers and sisters?...”
Lucy/
Chicago, Illinois U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Yes, Jesus had brothers and sisters.
Matthew
12:46,47 KJV
46
While He yet talked to the people, behold His mother and His brethren
stood without, desirig to speak with Him.
47
The one said unto Him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand
witout, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew
13:55,56 KJV
55
Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And
His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56
And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man
all these things?
One must remember that these are “stepbrothers or half
brothers and sisters,” same mother, different father.
Mark
3:31,32 KJV
31
There came then His brethren and His mother, and, standing without,
sent unto Him, calling Him.
32
And the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, Behold, thy
mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
John
7:5 NLT
For
even His brothers didn't believe in Him.
(This was at the beginning of The Lord's ministry-later
they would.)
Acts 1:14 NLT (At the upper room in Jerusalem)
They
all met together continually for prayer, along with Mary the mother
of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.
(After His ascension, The Lord's brothers, believed.)
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Galatians 1:19 NLT (Jesus' brother James, became
an apostle.)
And
the only other apostle I met at that time was James, our Lord's
brother.
Prayer:
Matthew
12:50 KJV
For
whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same
is My brother, and sister, and mother.
