- 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.
-The idea of Mary's perpetual virginity in and of itself is hardly an objectionable teaching. The 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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