Mary the perpetual virgin?

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From 1689 Second London Baptist Confession Commentary Blog:

:laugh:And these people talk about "Sola Scriptura"?!

 

Yes, that's what I said, but if he does not reject the pledge before the marriage he and she are bound by it. Of course if Joseph was old it probably didn't matter to him.

 

No, it if contradicts Scripture you reject it. Scripture would be right, ipso facto. But Scripture never says Mary had other children; neither does it say that she did not remain a virgin. I gave what I thought were some pretty goods reasons to conclude Mary was always a virgin early in this thread but looking at subsequent posts, it looks like no one read them except Logos1560. The fact of the matter is that you can't prove this point either way by Scripture alone any more than you can prove who wrote the book of Mark.

 

There is not a single shred of biblical evidence that Mary remained a virgin. In fact for anyone who seeks truth and is honest scripture is clear that she was a wife just like any other wife after the Lord was born. Like I said one has to be willfully ignorant to even consider that Mary remained a virgin. That passage in Numbers has nothing to do with chastity in marriage. And as far as Joseph being old there is absolutely no biblical evidence of his age at all.:BangHead:

 

OLD and it did not matter. Where have you been? Have you not read about Abraham?

 

Scripture does refer to Jesus' brothers meaning by default she had other children. Remember James?

 

Yes but I'm far enough along to know that age does make a difference in your outlook and expectations.

 

Probably the son of Joseph by a previous marriage. Or possibly the same James mentioned in Matthew 27:56; Mark 16:11 & Luke 24:10.

 

Ooops, the Geneva Bible notes at the verse:

 

Only when you are hitched to someone with the same lack of expectation due to the same conditions. :applause:

 

There is no probably about it. One has to absolutely stand against the word of God to hold any idea that Mary was always a virgin.

 

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Pure eisegesis. Since Joseph was not Jesus' biological father, if he were James' father he would not be Jesus' brother.

If the common sense makes all the sense seek no other sense. Scripture states Jesus had brothers and it means just that.