Question #144620. Asked by
Creedy.
Last updated Sep 18 2017.
Originally posted Sep 14 2017 8:17 PM.
Three principal views have been advanced:
(1) that they were Jesus' actual siblings/brothers, that is, half brothers, sons of Joseph and Mary (and therefore younger than Jesus);
(2) that they were His stepbrothers, that is, children of Joseph by a previous marriage (and thus all older than He and not His blood relatives at all);
(3) that they were the cousins of Jesus on the mother's side, according to some, or on Joseph's side, according to others.
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