Mt 12:46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.
47 Then one said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You."
* Ps 69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.
Mt 13:55 "Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 "And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?"
The Roman Catholic Church contend that the Greek word used here for brothers and sisters can mean relatives, and that it could be rightly applied to cousins or remote relatives. Yes, all that is admittedly true.
However, in another portion of Scripture this question is settled clearly once and for all. Psalm 69 is a Messianic Psalm. Notice the following:
* Ps 69:4 says: "Those who hate me without a cause..."
* Joh 15:25 "But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'
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As you can see, Psalm 69: 4 is applied to the Lord Jesus Christ in John 15:25.The Roman Catholic Church contend that the Greek word used here for brothers and sisters can mean relatives, and that it could be rightly applied to cousins or remote relatives. Yes, all that is admittedly true.
However, in another portion of Scripture this question is settled clearly once and for all. Psalm 69 is a Messianic Psalm. Notice the following:
* Ps 69:4 says: "Those who hate me without a cause..."
* Joh 15:25 "But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'
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* Ps 69:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children;
9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up (see John 2:16 below), And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me (see Romans 15:3 below).
Joh 2:16 And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"
17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up."
Ro 15:3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me."
You see, Psalm 69: 9 is applied to the Lord Jesus in John 2:16 and Romans 15:3 respectively. In Psalm 69:7-9 we clearly have the words of the Lord Jesus. And what does He say in verse 8? "I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children."
This shows that the words "brothers" and "sisters" we read in the New Testament in connection with the Lord Jesus Christ do not mean cousins or remote relatives. They are, in fact, His mother's children---His flesh and blood brothers and sisters.
Ro 15:3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me."
You see, Psalm 69: 9 is applied to the Lord Jesus in John 2:16 and Romans 15:3 respectively. In Psalm 69:7-9 we clearly have the words of the Lord Jesus. And what does He say in verse 8? "I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children."
This shows that the words "brothers" and "sisters" we read in the New Testament in connection with the Lord Jesus Christ do not mean cousins or remote relatives. They are, in fact, His mother's children---His flesh and blood brothers and sisters.
