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.
From that time
61-0415B §49
Mary, the little virgin... Never had a woman bore a child without being intercourse with man. Never had she ... never been able to ... ever be able to have a child without natural pollen; but she believed God. And before she felt any life or anything else, the angel's word was good enough for her. She met the Lord. Said, "Hail, Mary, blessed art thou amongst women. You're going to have a child, knowing no man." She said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord," and from that time... Mary never waited till she was positiv...
Mary's belief
61-0121 §50
She said, "You know, Mary, I'm to be a mother." "Yes, yes," said Mary, her little eyes sparkling---you know, half full of tears of joy. "Yes, yes, I know all about it." "You know all about it?" "Yeah, yeah, I know all about it." "But, Mary, I'm bothered. It's six months with me as mother now and the baby's never moved. Now you know that's all unnatural. About three months is about right, but this is six months, and little John hadn't never moved yet." So she said, "I'm just a little bit worried about it and everyth...
From that time
60-0331 §18
Take the little virgin Mary, just an ordinary little girl in Nazareth. Mean little town where wickedness, night-parties and everything, but she kept herself clean. One day on the road up to the city well to get her morning supply of water, might've been studying about a certain dream she had, or a certain scripture that she'd read, perhaps Isaiah 9:6. And on her road up there, with her waterpot under her arm, walking one morning, there was a great light flashed before her and an angel stood there. Said, "Hail, Mary...
Mary's belief
60-0311 §18
And she was thinking of the Scriptures. That scripture was being confirmed to her: "a child is born a son is given." And about that time she seen something flash before the little virgin, and a light (no doubt in my mind, like the pillar of fire), and standing there was an angel, the mighty Gabriel. He's a messenger to the Jews. Remember, Gabriel announced the first coming of Christ, the angel Gabriel will announce the second coming of Christ. The Bible said so. Now, there it frightened the little lady. And she loo...
Mary's belief
60-0311 §38
It made this little baby come to life in the womb of its mother and leap for joy. And the Bible said that John was born, from his mother's womb, full of the Holy Ghost. Not only that, but while he was in the womb and the Holy Ghost upon him, his own mother received the Holy Ghost and prophesied, saying... And gave prophecy concerning him and concerning the Lord Jesus. Don't you see, friends, that same Jesus Christ that was born of the virgin Mary, was born of virgin birth, His Holy Spirit is here tonight, and He ha...