You are so very wrong. they cal themselves brethren in the national sense, but to say that this is what is being said by the Pharisees is insane! there was a large crowd there of fellow Jews, so they would have nbeen moronic to single out Jesus 4 half brothers and at least 2 sisters as fellow Israelis (brethren and sisters).
14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
We all know you hate keeping verses in context!
Matthew 1:
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.
to be very crude- After the son called Emmanuel- Mary got boinked alot! It si right there in the word to protect believers from that pagan lie! See the passage didn't say that a virgin shall give birth to sons called Immanuel, but just one who would be called that. that verse says nothing more about more or no other children of the nameless virgin we know to be Mary. We find that out in the new testament.
Which is why his half brothers and sisters were born of Mary who was no longer virgin.
YOu just can't beat the simple word of God to refute a lie!
Now prove it! James is a common name.
Now prove these James and Joses are the same James and Joses called brothers of jesus
Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
It stretches credulity beyond the braking point to think the pharisees would say- Father, Mother, and then fellow Israelites when there was a crowd of fellow Israelites there. And what about the sisters? Simply fellow Israelites as well?
Pharisees wouldn't say that! and you know it! shame on you.
You just can't prove that. But you are right in one sense. The 12 sons of Jacob had 4 mothers Just like the seven children of Mary had 2 fathers
Just because they are not mentioned you think they don't exist? I can give you several logical reasons from teh Mosaic Law why they were not on this trip, or they could have been on this trip and when Mary and Joseph went back to look for Jesus they were given to relatives if all at least 6 others were even born.
Yes you are. what makes your defenses scary for you is that you don't even know you are retranslating Scripture to promote pagan lies.
I refuted this two threads ago about your non-virgin virgin.
First the OT Greek Septuagintwas written by Hebrew men. They may not have known the word for close relative or the word was not "coined" yet. I do not kow.
Second the first and primary use of adelphos is brothers of the same parent(s).
And yes it refers to a commonality like Israel used teh term for its national ethnic.
Third. There was a crowd around and there is no sound reason why if this was to refer to fellow Israelites they would single out four and at least 2 women in the same thought as Joseph and Mary. that is twisting grammar and logic which you love instead of the word.
Fourth, they were not relatives for by the time of Jesus- there were perfectly fine words to describe cousins, uncles etc.
You can't prove any of your Romanist masters hyypotheses with real facts.