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.
Expectation
51-0930 §26
Well, after eight days, let's notice, little Mary, with a black name to start with, supposingly to have a illegitimate child by Joseph, born out of wedlock. Everyone in the country then would scoff at her, "There's that woman not even married and got a baby." But in her heart she knew whose baby that was. We was just talking on that this afternoon. Here she comes to the temple; let's look, standing down the line, now maybe two hundred women, or three. Way down there stood some of them holding a lamb, a rich man's o...
Abraham
56-1208 §31
When little Mary coming... The virgin, coming from the spring that day with the kettle over her head, or a pot of water. Maybe it was Monday, the washday, but when the great Angel, Gabriel, met her and said, "Hail, Mary." Means "stop." "Blessed art thou among women, because you found favor with God." And he told her that she was going to have a baby, knowing no man. Now, if you... About a few months before that, he had met a preacher by the name of Zacharias, and he told him he was... His wife was getting old, (so...
Jehovah of miracles
59-1126 §27
There she was, and the angel said ... told her that she was going to have a son. And they would call His name Jesus; He'd save the people from their sins. And he said, "Your cousin Elisabeth is an old woman, and it's six months with her now as a mother, who was called barren." Now, Mary and Elisabeth were first cousins. Our Lord and John the Baptist were second cousins. Elisabeth's husband's name was Zacharias. He was a just man, a priest at the temple. He was a good man. And all his life that he had been married t...
Questions and Answers on Hebrews, part 1
57-0925 §58
See, we find out who John and Mary is, after while. All right, we find out whether Peter and Matthew was trying to contradict one another or not, see if the Scripture contradicts itself. It's a lack of spiritual understanding. That's right. But while he thought on these... I got that one, the 20th verse. Now the 21st: And she shall bring forth a son, [this person which was one person, God] and thou shall call his name [What? (Congregation answers, "JESUS.")] for he shall save his people from their sins. ...this was...
Believest thou this?
50-0716 §41
Now, I want you to notice something closely. Look when the Angel came to the priest, Zacharias, and told him that Sarah... or Elisabeth was going to have a child by him, he had plenty of examples before that. Hannah had had a child past age of bearing. Sarah, near a hundred years old or better, had brought a child after the age of bearing: plenty examples. But that calloused priest failed to believe God. But Mary never; she never questioned. She said, "Behold the handsmaid of the Lord. Be it unto me according to Th...