BROTHER means "sharing a common ancestor (father)" ...
Actually, the word
"ἀδελφός" (sing. ἀδελφός adelphos; pl. ἀδελφοὶ adelphoi), translated to
"brother" in English, has more than one definition:
Greek Dictionary
Forms of the word
Dictionary: ἀδελφός, -οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration: adelphos
Simplified transliteration: adelphos
Numbers
Strong's number: 80
GK Number: 81
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 343
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: n-2a
Gloss:
brother, fellow countryman, neighbor (often inclusive in gender); by extension a fellow believer in the family of faith; in the plural
brothers regularly refers to men and women
Definition:
a brother, near kinsman, or relative; one of the same nation or nature; one of equal rank and dignity; an associate, a member of the Christian community
In fact, if Mary the mother of Jesus was out with her four children, it is obvious that she was not with the other Mary's children, but with her own, and the word "cousins" could not be used for the simple fact that Jesus was with his apostles (other "cousins" because of a common ancestor) inside while his real brothers were outside... So there would be no difference or specification between the "cousins" outside and the "cousins" inside.
Joseph, Simon, James, and Judas (Jude/Thaddeus) are never called Mary of Joseph's sons. Only in
two verses (Matt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3) are those four called Jesus's "
adelphoi", which in English translates to "brothers", and that in itself doesn't prove they were His siblings, because that word has multiple definitions, e.g., "fellow-countryman", "disciple/follower", "one of the same faith", and "kinsman".
We agree the definition that applies to that word in Matt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3 is "kinsman", but a kinsman can refer to a sibling, cousin, nephew, or uncle, etc., and the word itself doesn't indicate which type of kinship applies. For this reason, your merely citing verses with the word "
adelphoi" and saying "See, they were Jesus's siblings!" isn't proof that that type of kinship applies.
You haven't provided evidence like I have in the opening post that proves the type of kinship that applies. You should try, but I know you won't be successful, because the evidence in the opening post shows Mary in Matt. 27:56 and Mary of Cleophas (Clopas/Alphaeus) in Jn. 19:25 were the same person, and that she and Alphaeus, Joseph's brother, were the parents of Joseph, Simon, James, and Judas (Jude/Thaddeus). Therefore, in Matt. 27:56, it's just two of Mary of Cleophas's four sons mentioned.
Regarding the son James, the evidence in the opening post also shows he, the apostle James of Alphaeus; James the Less; James the Just; James the bishop; James the brother of the Lord; and the author of the
Epistle of James, were the same person.
Regarding the son Judas, the evidence in the opening post also shows he, the apostle Judas of Alphaeus, and the author of the
Epistle of Jude, were the same person.
Luke 8:19 Now his mother and brothers came to him, but they were unable to get near him because of the crowd.
20 So it was reported to him: “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” 21 In reply he said to them: “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
We agree the definition "kinsman" of the word "
ἀδελφοὶ" (sing. ἀδελφός adelphos; pl.
ἀδελφοὶ adelphoi) applies in Lk. 8:19-20, but a kinsman can be a sibling, cousin, nephew, or uncle, etc., and the word itself doesn't indicate which type of kinship applies. You
assume the type of kinship that applies in Lk. 8:19-20 is siblings, you
assume Jesus's brothers Joseph, Simon, James, and Judas (Jude/Thaddeus) in Matt. 13:55/Mk. 6:3 were His siblings, you
assume the aforementioned four were the brothers in Lk. 8:19-20, despite those verses giving
zero indication of that, nor of how many brothers arrived.
