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I think you’ve established that adelphos has a range of meaning. I accept the point. It doesn’t only mean “brother”. I’m sorry that didn’t come across clearly in my post to you. What I’m inquiring about is why you believe “cousins” rather than “brothers and sisters” is the correct / intended...

Yes, I understand that. How do you see that in relation to the incident recorded in Mark 3?

Since the term adelphos is ambiguous, what is it that persuades you that “cousins” is the intended meaning rather than “brothers and sisters” when speaking about Jesus’ relatives?

Monotheism (“I am your God”) vs. polytheism (”I am your gods”). The statement ”I am your gods” is never made - by YHWH or anyone else - in scripture. Wouldn’t you agree?

Elohim is almost always singular in meaning in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and is always singular in meaning when used in reference to the deity of Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Elohim is seldom plural in meaning in the Hebrew Bible. When it is plural in meaning it is either used in...

Thanks. The translators also inserted “[and sisters]”. That seems an odd choice if the cultural approach is what they had in mind. I have used the word “brother” when speaking to males who aren’t brothers by blood - and I have heard others do it too - but I‘ve never used the word “brother” when...

Why do you think the Catholic translators chose to identify those outside as “brothers [and sisters]“ rather than “cousins”?

“A crowd seated around him told him, ‘Your mother and your brothers [and your sisters] are outside asking for you.’ But he said to them in reply, ‘ Who are my mother and [my] brothers?’ And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers.’” (Mark...

“The poorest person on Earth is not the one without money, but the one without Jesus.” - Scott Roberts

I haven’t seen any translation do that. YHWH -> LORD is the standard English rendering in most Bibles for the tetragrammaton. It’s the personal, proper, name of the God of Israel. It’s nothing short of blasphemy to translate, or even insinuate, that the God (Heb. elohim) of Israel ever said...

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