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
60-0311 §20
Hannah, when she was told by the priest, "The Lord give thee thy desire," why, she went home, in nine months brought the child. That was wonderful but ... and so was Elisabeth as he said, "Thy cousin Elisabeth, which was called barren, it was already six months to be mother," and told her that with God nothing was impossible. And she said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." What she had to believe, something that had never happened.
Paradox
64-0206B §70
We don't have much record of John. His father was a priest. It was a tradition in them days for the son to follow the father, his trade. But when John was borned a funny, odd, phenomenal birth; when he was conceived in his mother's womb... We know the story of Zacharias, how the angel said his wife would conceive. And when we find out that's what taken place---six months the baby hadn't moved. And Mary was visited by Gabriel, and went up in Judaea to salute her, because Gabriel told her that she was pregnant. And w...
Teaching on Moses
56-0513 §122
Isn't that beautiful? Now, "Jesus Loves The Little Children Of The World." Give us a chord, sister. Now, you all turn right around this way to me, you little girls. I want to sing, "Jesus Loves The Little Children Of The World." How many knows it? All right, let's sing now. Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world; Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world.
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 1:E-45
...m discern the thoughts of her heart she acclaimed Him a prophet, declaring that Messiah would be known for that great ability. John 4:7-26, "There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give Me to drink. (For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat). Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 4:E-129
But to go on. These elect were not only the eternal thoughts of God which were to be expressed in flesh in their due season, but these same elect are called by another name. Romans 4:16. "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all." Romans 9:7-13, "Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall...