- Introduction:
-Many have upheld this teaching throughout history, both before and after the Protestant Reformation. Francis Turretin and Richard Hooker were Protestants who believed Mary to be a perpetual virgin.
-Though an exegetical stretch, the idea of Mary's perpetual virginity in and of itself is hardly an objectionable teaching. The main problem is that Rome makes acceptance of it an issue of salvation.
- Matthew 13:55-57 And Mark 6:3-4:
-The context of these passages shows that the meaning of the "brothers and sisters" to be natural family.
-In Matthew 13:55-57 and Mark 6:3-4, the Greek word for sisters is "adelphe" and is also used in 1 Timothy 5:1-2 to mean natural sister born as to the same mother.
-If this was a reference to more distinct relatives, then why did the writer not use the Greek word "suggenes" (Luke 1:36; Luke 1:58)?
-In Matthew 13:55-57 and Mark 6:3-4, the Greek word for sisters is "adelphe" and is also used in 1 Timothy 5:1-2 to mean natural sister born as to the same mother.
-If this was a reference to more distinct relatives, then why did the writer not use the Greek word "suggenes" (Luke 1:36; Luke 1:58)?
- Matthew 1:24-25:
-Jesus distinguished between blood brothers and brothers of faith (Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21; John 2:12).
- Matthew 1:18:
- John's gospel records a fulfilled prophecy (John 2:15-17) from the Book of Psalms (Psalm 69:8-9). It strongly implies that Christ had literal brothers and sisters.
- Jesus was Mary's firstborn, not only born (Luke 2:7):
- Should "Brother" Be Translated Or Understood As Cousin?:
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