In the beginning of his
ministry, Jesus Christ,
his mother, his
half-brothers, and his
disciples all went to
Capernaum for a few
days before the
Passover began in
Jerusalem. Keep
reading for a really
fascinating Bible
study about Jesus
Christ's half-brothers
and half-sisters.
God's Holy Word,
the King James Bible,
gives us the proof
that this is the truth!
John 2:12
After this he
[Jesus Christ] went
down to Capernaum,
he, and his mother,
and his brethren
[half-brothers], and
his disciples: and
they continued there
not many days.
In the above verse it
In the above verse it
shows that Jesus Christ's
brethren (his half-brothers)
AND his disciples (his
followers) went with
him. The "brethren"
and the "disciples" in
this verse are two
distinct groups of
people.
The Catholic church
The Catholic church
says that the "brethren"
in this verse is speaking
of "spiritual brothers",
not Jesus Christ's
actual half-brothers
because they want to
perpetuate the lie
that Mary was a
perpetual virgin and
had no other children
after she had Jesus.
According to God's
Holy Word, the King
James Bible, Mary
was not a perpetual
virgin.
In Matthew 1:25 below
it shows us that Joseph,
Mary's husband,
abstained from having
a marital relationship
with Mary only until
Jesus Christ was
born.
Joseph waited to
consummate his
marriage so that no
one could say that
Joseph (a sinful
human being) was
the father of Jesus
Christ, the
Messiah/Saviour of
the world! If Joseph
had been Jesus
Christ's father, then
Jesus would have
been born a sinful
human being like
the rest of us, and
He could not be the
Sinless Son of God
who came to save
us from our sins!
Satan would love
it if we would
believe that lie!
But Jesus Christ was
born by God's
supernatural power
which implanted
Jesus Christ as a
baby inside of
Mary's womb by
means of God's
Holy Spirit, which
means that Jesus
Christ is the Holy
Son of God!
Mary was just the
Mary was just the
instrument God
used to bring his
perfect Son, Jesus
Christ, to earth as a
baby to grow up
around us so that
we could get to
know what God is
like, and to bring us
to salvation through
God's grace through
faith in His Sinless
Son's death for our
sins and his
resurrection from
the dead!
Matthew
Matthew
1:23 Behold, a virgin shall
be with child, and shall
bring forth a son, and they
shall call his name
Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with
us.
1:24 Then Joseph being
raised from sleep did as
the angel of the Lord
had bidden him, and
took unto him his wife:
1:25 And knew her
[Mary] not till [until]
she had brought forth
her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.
In the Bible verses
shown below (and
repeated in Mark 3:31
and 6:3, and in Luke
8:20), it tells of the
time when Jesus
Christ's mother and
half-brothers and
half-sisters came to
where He was
preaching, and
desired to speak with
Him. These verses
name Jesus Christ's
four half-brothers.
It does not tell us
the names of Jesus
Christ's half-sisters',
but it does say "sisters"
(plural), so we know
that Jesus had at
least two half-sisters.
Matthew 12:46
Matthew 12:46
While he [Jesus Christ] yet
talked to the people,
behold, his mother and
his brethren
[half-brothers] stood
without, desiring to
speak with him.
13:55 Is not this the
carpenter's son? is not
his mother called Mary?
and his brethren
[half-brothers],
James, and Joses,
and Simon, and Judas?
13:56 And his sisters,
are they not all with us?
Whence then hath this
man all these things?
Jesus Christ's
half-brothers did not
believe he was the
Saviour of the world
until after his
resurrection, so
the term "brethren"
in this next verse
could not mean
"spiritual brothers"
as the Catholic
church teaches
because at the time
these men could not
possibly be
"spiritual brothers"
because they did not
even believe that
Jesus Christ was the
Saviour!
John 7:5
For neither did his
brethren believe in him.
The Bible does not tell us
The Bible does not tell us
if all of Jesus' half-brothers
eventually accepted him
as their Messiah /
Saviour or not.
Acts 1:14
Acts 1:14
These all continued with
one accord in prayer
and supplication, with
the women, and Mary
the mother of Jesus,
and with his brethren.
Paul talks about seeing
Jesus' Christ's
half-brother, James,
who wrote the Bible
Book of the same name.
Galatians
1:18 Then after three
years I went up to
Jerusalem to see Peter,
and abode with him
fifteen days.
1:19 But other of the
apostles saw I none,
save James the Lord's
[half] brother.
Jude, brother of James
and half-brother of
Jesus Christ, wrote
the book of Jude.
Jude 1:1
Jude, the servant of
Jesus Christ, and
brother of James, to
them that are sanctified
by God the Father,
and preserved in
Jesus Christ, and called:
These next four verses
speak of Mary's children,
and they all mention her
sons James and Joses.
Mark 15:40 also
mentions those same
two sons, plus a
daughter named
Salome. Since all of
these verses point to
Jesus Christ's mother
and two of his
half-brothers, it
seems that Salome
could be the name
of one of Jesus Christ's
half-sisters!
Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter's
[step] son? is not his
mother called Mary?
and his brethren,
James, and Joses,
and Simon, and Judas?
Matthew 27:56
Among which was
Mary Magdalene,
and Mary [Jesus
Christ's mother]
the mother of
James and Joses,
and the mother of
Zebedee's children.
Mark 6:3
Is not this the
carpenter, the son
of Mary, the [half]
brother of James,
and Joses, and of
Juda, and Simon?
and are not his
[half] sisters
here with us? And
they were offended
at him.
Mark 15:40
There were also
Mark 15:40
There were also
women looking on
afar off: among whom
was Mary Magdalene,
and Mary the mother
of James the less
and of Joses, and
Salome;
John (Jesus Christ said:)
8:32 And ye shall know
John (Jesus Christ said:)
8:32 And ye shall know
the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.