Did Mary Give Birth to Any Children After Jesus?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. After the virgin birth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph lived as husband and wife and had other children.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Matthew 1:24-25 says Joseph “knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son.” “Till” shows that after Jesus’ birth Joseph knew her as his wife, and “firstborn” points to others coming after.
- Matthew 13:55-56 names Jesus’ brothers: James, Joses, Simon, and Judas, and adds, “and his sisters, are they not all with us?”
- Mark 6:3 repeats the same list of brothers and mentions sisters.
- John 7:5 speaks of “his brethren” who didn’t believe at that time.
- Galatians 1:19 mentions “James the Lord’s brother.”
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- If Jesus is called Mary’s “firstborn,” that implies more were born later.
- The people in Nazareth named His brothers and referred to His sisters present among them; that’s natural family language, not distant relatives.
- Mary was a pure virgin when Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, but after His birth she and Joseph entered normal married life. That is honorable and Scriptural.
4) Reinforcing Statement
The Bible speaks plainly. We honor Mary as a godly woman, but we stay with the Word: Jesus had brothers and sisters born to Mary after His birth.
Existing Follow-Up Answers
- Couldn't Psalm 69:8 Be Symbolically Referring to the Whole Nation of Israel as Opposed to the Narrow Interpretation of Mary and the Lord's Brethren?
1) Direct Answer No. Psalm 69 is spoken in the singular of the Messiah, and the New Testament applies it directly to Jesus. "My mother's children - Every "thing" God Ever "borrowed" Was Paid Back with Interest. Would It Not Be Inconsistent of God's Character to Borrow Mary's Womb and Not Repay?
1) Direct Answer No inconsistency at all. God did not "borrow" Mary's womb; God created a body by His Word and overshadowed a virgin. Then He hon - There Is History That Joseph Was a Widower with Four Children. Can You Prove That the Children Attributed to Mary Were Not Indeed Inherited?
1) Direct Answer Yes. The "widower with four children" story is not Scripture. The Bible presents Jesus' brothers and sisters as Mary's own child
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Mary's belief
59-0409 §12
...the temple. And he was an aged man, and had read the Scriptures, and had taught the Scriptures. And because that he was old and his wife was barren, the angel, same angel, told him that after the days of his ministration at the altar, waving the incense over the people's prayer, that when he went home his wife would conceive and bear a child. And that preacher questioned the angel! "How can it be? I'm old, and my wife is old." He had plenty of examples in the Bible. There had been Hannah at the Temple, that had Sa...
Jehovah of miracles
59-1126 §28
Now, the Angel Gabriel, six months later, had visited Mary and told her that her cousin was going to have a baby also. So Mary knew that that would be a miracle, of that old woman, well stricken in age having a baby. But she said to the angel, "How shall it be with me, seeing that I do not know a man?" And ask and you shall receive. He said, "The Holy Ghost is going to overshadow you. That holy thing which shall be borned of you shall be called the Son of God." That's how it's going to happen. Mary never talked bac...
God's preparation
54-0401 §45
And I can just imagine running out there and loving one another, and shaking hands with each other, and talking about... And I can hear Mary say... Let's just break in now and tune over on their conversation. I can hear Mary say, "Oh, Elisabeth, I'm so happy---so happy." 'Course, looking at her, she said, "I know that you're going to be a mother." She said, "Yes, Mary, that's right. I'm going to be a mother, but I'm scared, Mary." "Well, what are you scared about, Elisabeth." "Well, it's already six months with me...
About Jesus
55-0612 §37
On her road, she heard about Elisabeth, her cousin, is going to have a baby. So, she runs up in the hilly country of Judea of see her. It was a great honor then to have a baby. It's a disgrace nearly, now. I'm not bawling people out. I don't preach by any notes. I don't know what I'm going to say. I just have to reach up and get it. And when it comes, I just have to say it. That's all I know to do. But, today, it's a dishonor, almost, to see a big family, anymore. Yes, sir. They'd rather pay a hundred dollars for a...
Mary's belief
59-0409 §8
And Mary said, "You know, since I heard the Rabbi say that this great God that brought us here and made us what we are, then He doesn't have to do things for us now like He did then... I've been thinking for a long time that if this God was as great in the days of our fathers as He was in the days of our grandfathers, then why isn't He just the same great God today?" That's only good thinking. And she goes back into the house and said, "We will read some of the Scriptures, just wherever God will lead us." And she p...