Did Jesus have a brother?
Categories: Church, Christology, Jesus, Bible | October 27th, 2008 | by Ken Horn | no commentsJesus had four half-brothers as well as half-sisters:
Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” Matthew 13:54-56 (see Mark 6:3)
His brother James is the likely author of the book of James and the leader of the new church in the book of Acts (see chapter 15).
Ken Horn
