> 2) The word used for brother can also mean cousin. So the siblings to > which the bible refers are probably a combination of cousins and > half-siblings from Joseph's first wife.
Rich replied:
Wouldn't those be "step-siblings", Jesus' father being God and all?
Technically, I suppose, yes :-)
But I'm not sure that the language(s) in which those passages are written included the concept of step-siblings...
Reggie Bautista
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