Mark 6:3 (KJV) Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Word twisting to believe otherwise.
And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. [SUP]2 [/SUP]And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house(Mark 6:1-4).
It is obvious that Mary had children,and Jesus had brothers,and sisters,by the way the crowd acted towards Jesus,for they were looking at Jesus as an ordinary man,that grew up in an ordinary family,with a mother,and father(for they did not know that God was His Father),and brothers,and sisters,so how can this be the Messiah.
That is why Jesus said that a prophet is not without honor,except in his own country,because in the nation of Israel,they all grew up with the same teachings,principles,and traditions,so for Jesus to be saying something different that they never heard before,they will think He is lying.But if a person were to go to another country and preach,they might think that he has something to offer seeing people learn different things,in different nations.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
[SUP]2 [/SUP]For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not(Isaiah 53:1-3).
I believe God wanted it that way,for Jesus to grow up in a family,and experience a normal life,like everyone else,which is why Jesus spoke in parables,for only the spirutally hungry could understand,so for the Messiah to appear as nothing out of the ordinary,except in His teachings and lifestyle,only the spiritually hungry would look past the ordinary of Him and see the truth.
The only logical reasoning why the Roman Catholic Church says that Mary was born without original sin,and no personal sin was attached to her,is because they cannot believe that an ordinary woman could give birth to Jesus,who is God manifest in the flesh,and the greatest human being that ever lived.
The only logical reasoning why the Roman Catholic Church says that Jesus did not have any brothers,and sisters,is because they cannot believe that any other children could come from Mary because she gave birth to Jesus,who is God manifest in the flesh,and the greatest human being that ever lived.
It is like they think if Mary was an ordinary woman it would reduce the specialty of Jesus,and diminish His qualities,but it does not matter if Mary had children after Jesus,as long as Jesus came first and no children came before Jesus,but if there is children after Jesus then it does not matter for Jesus came first from a virgin,it does not take anything away from Him.But if God wanted Jesus to be third in children of Mary it would not take away anything from Him,but it could not be because Jesus had to be born from a woman that never had sex,because God is pure and that birth must be pure.
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren(Luke 1:36).
And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her(Luke 1:58).
They say when the Bible says brothers of Jesus,it means cousins,but the only way the Bible would say brothers,is if they did not use the word cousins in the Bible,but since they use the word cousins,then if they were cousins,the Bible would have called them cousins,not brothers.
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]For neither did his brethren believe in him(John 7:4-5).
If they say brothers means in a spiritual sense to avoid Mary having children after Jesus,this scripture testifies against it,for it says His brethren did not believe in Him,so if it is talking in a spiritual sense,they would of believed in Him,so it is obvious that it is His natural brothers.
So whether they say brothers means cousins,the Bible testifies against it,or if they say brothers means in a spiritual sense,the Bible testifies against it.
