Part II
Below I address other scriptural verses believed to support that Joseph and Mary had other children.
Ps. 69:8
In this verse, the Koine Greek word used is
"υἱός", or
"sons" in English. This verse is a foreshadowing of Jesus being made an outcast among His own people. The "mother's son's" represents others from His motherland, in this case other Jews from the land of Israel.
Matt. 1:25
In preceding verses 20-24, Matthew speaks about the ways in which the long-awaited messianic prophecy has come to fruition, such as Joseph accepting as his Spouse
the Virgin Who will conceive and give birth to a Son. In verse 25, he reiterates and reinforces this by referring to a specific period: pre-birth of the Messiah,
a period of known chastity between Joseph and Mary that would dispel any belief that He was not begotten by the Holy Spirit, nor born of the virgin. [
Note: This in and of itself
does not indicate whether Joseph and Mary
did have or didn't have a carnal married life, or children, post-birth of the Messiah.]
Jn. 2:12
In this scene, Jesus's brothers were two of His four cousins, James and Judas (Jude/Thaddeus) of Alphaeus, and His disciples were Peter and Andrew, who later became two of His twelve elected apostles, and they accompanied Him and His Mother to Capernaum. Certain details aren't from any of the accounts of the Four Evangelists, as they are incomplete, but rather from
The Gospel as Revealed to Me, or
The Poem of the Man-God: Vol. I, where the gaps in the four Gospels of Christ, brought about by natural causes and supernatural will, were filled in by Jesus through His spokesperson, Maria Valtorta. (See the first four links in my signature)
Matt. 12:46, Mk. 3:31-32, Lk. 8:19-20
In this scene, Jesus's brothers who arrived with His Mother to speak with Him at Capernaum were two of His four cousins, Joseph and Simon of Alphaeus. Joseph and Simon heard that Jesus had recently done carpentry work in Korazim for a widow whose husband had died, and they were angry at Him for earning money for her and her children, but not His own Mother, and were there to confront Him about it, but Jesus set them straight. Certain details aren't from any of the accounts of the Four Evangelists, as they are incomplete, but rather from
The Gospel as Revealed to Me, or
The Poem of the Man-God: Vol. II, where the gaps in the four Gospels of Christ, brought about by natural causes and supernatural will, were filled in by Jesus through His spokesperson, Maria Valtorta. (See the first four links in my signature)
Matt. 13:57, Mk. 6:4
In this verse, the definitions for the following Koine Greek words are (I)
“συγγενής” (pl. syngenēs), “kindred, akin;, as a subst. a kinsman or kinswoman, relative,” which can refer to various types of family members, (II)
“οἰκία” (sing. oikia), “a house, dwelling, an abode, Mt. 2:11; 7:24, 27; trop. the bodily abode of the soul, 2 Cor. 5:1; meton. a household, family, Mt. 10:13; 12:25; meton. goods, property, means, Mt. 23:13", and in some households there’s only the parents and their only child, who may or may not have other types of family members living with them as well, and so on.
Jn. 7:3-5;10
In this scene, Jesus's brothers were two of His four cousins, Joseph and Simon of Alphaeus, who didn't believe that Jesus was the Messiah, though they later came to believe this. Certain details aren't from any of the accounts of the Four Evangelists, as they are incomplete, but rather from
The Gospel as Revealed to Me, or
The Poem of the Man-God: IV, where the gaps in the four Gospels of Christ, brought about by natural causes and supernatural will, were filled in by Jesus through His spokesperson, Maria Valtorta. (See the first four links in my signature)
Ac. 1:14
In this scene, Jesus's brothers were disciples, some of whom were the shepherds that visited Him the night of His birth. Certain details aren't from any of the accounts of the Four Evangelists, as they are incomplete, but rather from The Gospel as Revealed to Me, or
The Poem of the Man-God: Vol. V, where the gaps in the four Gospels of Christ, brought about by natural causes and supernatural will, were filled in by Jesus through His spokesperson, Maria Valtorta. (See the first four links in my signature)
Gal. 1:18-19
Paul mentioned that in Jerusalem he had seen Peter, one of the twelve apostles, but that he didn't see another one of the apostles,
except James the Lord’s brother. The title "the Lord's brother" indicates that James was Jesus’s kinsman/relative, and the context of these verses indicates that he was also one of the Twelve. This means that he would have had to have either been apostle James of Zebedee or apostle James of Alphaeus, and neither of them were a son of Joseph and Mary, yet still a kinsman/relative of Jesus. So, which of these apostles was Jesus's kinsman/relative, and how were they related? Refer back to post #4.
1 Cor. 9:5
In this scene, Jesus's brothers (kinsmen/relatives), more specifically cousins, were the apostles James and Judas of Alphaeus. [
Note: It's not a problem that James was mentioned separately from the rest of the apostles, because in the same verse Cephas (Peter) was also mentioned separately from the rest of the apostles, though he was still one of them.]
1 Cor. 15:5;7
In 1 Cor. 15:5, Jesus appeared to the apostle Peter, then to the Twelve, and thus He was seen by Peter twice. Regarding 1 Cor. 15:7, if "all the apostles" referred to "all other apostles", then Paul, an "other” apostle, would've been included with them, but He was seen and mentioned separately from them and lastly. Therefore, Jesus appeared to one of the James of the Twelve, then to "all of the [twelve] apostles", and thus He was seen by James twice.
