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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Mary's belief
61-0121 §43
Mary thought, "Oh, isn't that wonderful? Now I'm going to have a baby, and there Elisabeth, my cousin [Jesus and John were second cousins.] there ... I tell you, it's going to be wonderful because that she's going to have a baby, and I'm going to have a baby. I just can't hold it any longer. I'm going right up to tell her." Right up to the mountain she went, as hard as she could go. I can just see her pretty little face shining---she was just about eighteen years old, I imagine---and her black hair blowing back lik...
Believest thou this?
53-0906A §38
And it startled her. He said that she was going to bring a child in the world, knowing no man. Told them about Elisabeth, her cousin, how that she'd conceived and was going to bring a child. And said they'd call His name Jesus, for He would save His people from the sin. Why, it startled the little virgin, such a salutation as that. And it would startle you. What would you do to meet an Angel standing in your path like that with His arms stretched out and said, "I'm Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God." Certa...
Jehovah of miracles
59-1126 §38
Mary, she grabbed Elisabeth; and Elisabeth and Mary, and look at them patting one another, and hugging one another, kissing each other, and so happy to meet each other. What a friendship. And I can see them when they finally leave each other's embrace and holding each others hands and talking. Oh, I can hear Elisabeth say, "Mary, I haven't seen you for so many years, but I could still know them pretty eyes from your mother, Ann. And oh, you're such a pretty girl. How are you getting along?" "Oh, just fine," she say...
Mary's belief
61-0121 §41
Mary didn't wait. She didn't care about critics, she didn't care what anybody said, she had met an angel. She'd seen his voice ... or, seen his presence and she knowed that he'd told her the truth because it was scriptural---promised a blessing to her, just go on believe it. And she knowed it was going to happen. Oh, there's something another about it, when you hit something like that you can't keep still about it. The angel told her that her cousin Elisabeth... Was up in the hilly country of Judea. Was old, about...
Expectation
55-1001 §46
So, after eight days, Jesus being born, well, then, Mary she come to the temple to offer the sacrifice, which was a custom: After eight days every male child had to be brought and circumcised. And they had to offer a offering for her purification; that was according to the custom of the law. Let's take a little drama here so the little children can understand. It's Monday morning at the temple and I see the virgin Mary coming with her little baby, and she's got a peasant's offering. A peasant's offering was two tur...