Was Jesus married?

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Helen

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The flesh of the world was born of Satan so Jesus, the name of the flesh isn't his true created existence.

Come on, that is a load of twaddle.
No where does it say..that the 'flesh of the world' was born of Satan....nowhere at all. :rolleyes:
It says we were all 'born of Adam', but never "born of Satan" Pfttt.
 
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It wouldn't matter if the flesh named Jesus was married to another flesh of man named Mary. It's the spirit of God that He spoke to God's chosen believers.

John 6
63: It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Complete nonsense.
This is NOT what is meant by John 6:63.

Context is everything.
 

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Sex is not forbidden by the law of God. In fact it is blessed. Sex within the confines of marriage is NOT sin. Jesus would NOT have sinned had he been married and had sex. Saying sex is sin is to ascribe laws to God that were never spoken by Him.
Matt. 19:11-2
Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”


In Exodus 19:15, God commanded that the people who were to be consecrated abstain from sexual relations.
Why do you think He did?
 
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What would be the theological implications if Jesus were married to Mary Magdalene prior to his crucifixion? The gospels have her going to the tomb to prepare the body, which function was reserved for family.

Just curious. Serious responses only please.
No he was not married.

The only 'bride' of Christ identified in Scripture is the Church.

Matthew 19:10 The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.” 11 But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this precept, but only those to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.

To put forth the idea that Christ was married is professing that he himself was not capable to receive his own teaching that for the sake of the kingdom of heaven one would forgo marriage. It is professing that he chose to not dedicate himself wholly to his mission but rather reserved some of himself from that mission in order to pursue a marital relationship. Believing that about Christ is not acceptable.
 
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What would be the theological implications if Jesus were married to Mary Magdalene prior to his crucifixion? The gospels have her going to the tomb to prepare the body, which function was reserved for family.

Just curious. Serious responses only please.
This question has been around for years, mostly to throw confusion into the ranks of Christians. It is the result of theological extrapolation meant to cast doubt on Jesus as the Son of God. While Christ was True God & True Man, His purpose here was to fulfill the Lord's Word to Adam. Nothing more. Christ Himself said as much in His prayer to God the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane. He also told Thomas this in answer to the question Thomas raised about where Christ was going. We have St. John 14:5-7 on this, quite possibly the most powerful declaration in all Scripture. Here Christ gave Himself three names; Way, Truth and Life. He further stated that no one may come to God the Father except through Him. There is no equivalent declaration of this magnitude in any other religious tradition of any international stature whatsoever in all human history. Jesus knew what was ahead for Him and like any man, He dreaded what He knew He would have to go through in order to fulfill the Word of the Father. And He knew that He was the perfect Man to whom all humanity could appeal for the forgiveness of sins.

Mary Magdalene was originally a woman whom Christ healed. She became a follower of Christ just as the disciples were, but occupied a different place according to social custom of the time. She also may have been a woman of some wealth. The Bible would indicate that she may have been the most important leader of all the women, just as Peter is portrayed as being the leader of the men. It has been pointed out in Scripture that Christ is, figuratively, the Bridegroom and His Church is the Bride. This is little more than a colorful way of saying that all true members of His Body, the Church, are in effect His sons and daughters and all of them will be with Him in heaven. The New Testament makes this quite clear.

That Mary Magdalene went to the tomb with oils for His Body is not unusual in Hebrew custom. She and Mary, the mother of James, both set out to do this, since such a ritual could not be performed on the Sabbath. That the two did it at all in this case is unusual, since the Sanhedrin had gone to Pilate for Roman guards for the tomb. Mary Magdalene was prepared to beseech the Roman guards to roll back the stone so that they could anoint Christ's Body. That of itself took nerve and she could have been arrested and/or beaten and killed on the spot for doing this. Their fear proved unnecessary, however, since the angel of the Lord had already rolled away the stone and the Roman guards fled in terror. Mary Magdalene was an important lady at the beginning of the Church, but she was not married to Christ.
 
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What would be the theological implications if Jesus were married to Mary Magdalene prior to his crucifixion? The gospels have her going to the tomb to prepare the body, which function was reserved for family.

Just curious. Serious responses only please.

Was Jesus married to Mary Magdalene ? No. There are sound reasons why. Some few months before his death, Jesus said that "the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and give his life as a ransom (Greek lytron) in exchange for many".(Matt 20:28) This was foretold over 700 years earlier at Isaiah 53 that his purpose for coming to the earth was to provide a "corresponding ransom" (Greek antilytron, used by the apostle Paul 1 Tim 2:6) for Adam's obedient descendants.

Throughout his ministry, Jesus reiterated that he came to the earth to do, not his own will, but his Father's by saying: "I have come down from heaven to do, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose none out of all those whom he has given me, but that I should resurrect them on the last day".(John 6:38, 39)

Jesus was totally focused on accomplishing the Father's will within his allotted time of 3 1/2 years, so as to "finish off sin.....to bring in everlasting righteousness", to fulfill his role as the Promised Messiah.(Dan 9:24-27) The only marriage that he was intent on being a part of is with the "little flock" (Luke 12:32), those sealed with holy spirit for the "heavenly calling".(Heb 3:1; Eph 1:13, 14)

The apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in Corinth: "For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, for I personally promised you in marriage to one husband that might present you as a chaste virgin to the Christ".(2 Cor 11:2) Jesus gave an illustration of this "marriage" at Matthew 22:1-14.

And this "marriage" is seen at Revelation 19 as occurring just following the destruction of the religions of the "world" (but before the total decimation of the political governments and their supporters by God's Kingdom), false religions, called by the name of Babylon the Great and pictured as a "prostitute".(Rev 17:1, 2, 5; 19:1, 2, 7)
 
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Amen to the last three posts...well said.
 

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First, the Bible never mentions Jesus as having a wife. We have four Gospels providing us with a wealth of biographical information about Jesus, along with several letters from those who knew Him best, and not a single one mentions anything about Him having a wife. On the Cross, Jesus commended His mother to the care of John (John 19:25–27). If Mary Magdalene was His wife (as proposed by many who claim Jesus was married), why didn’t He provide for her care at this time since she was standing with Mary and John? If He was married to someone other than Mary Magdalene, then where was this woman during His ministry? Where was she during His Crucifixion? What about after He rose from the dead? Would she not have been among the 120 disciples in Jerusalem waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 1:15–26)? Surely someone would tell us about Jesus appearing to His wife. Why doesn’t she ever make an appearance in the Gospels or the remainder of the New Testament?

THE BIBLE NEVER MENTIONS JESUS AS HAVING A WIFE.
In justifying the apostles’ right to have a wife, Paul wrote, “Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas [Peter]?” (1 Corinthians 9:5). If Jesus was married, this certainly would have been a perfect time to mention it to provide infallible support for his argument.

While someone may argue that these are simply arguments from silence, the silence here is deafening.6 If we knew very little about Jesus and those around Him, then perhaps someone could build a case that He was married. But since we know so much about His life and work, the burden of proof lies squarely with those who claim He was married. So in this case the silence of Scripture on this point is supportive of the orthodox Christian view of Jesus being single and never married.
 

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I would have thought - if Jesus had been married, it would have been mentioned in the Bible.
The ramifications of this would be considerable, if they had children.
The adamic line would have been broken - would their children have been sinless? Would a "Christic" sinless lineage have developed? Would these children have been part-God?
Paul said those who became involved in earthly matters - marriage, etc. - are less free to engage in spiritual matters (ICor 7). Christ came to Earth to perform a mission. I would think that getting married would have clouded the issue.