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A:There is nothing in The Bible to suggest that Jospeh had had children by a previous marriage, although the gospels do mention the brothers and sisters of Jesus. Some Christians, uncomfortable with the thought of Mary having other children, because they are uncomfortable with the idea that she ever had sex with her husband Joseph, say that these were only half-brothers and half-sisters from a previous marriage, while others say they were only cousins.

The biblical evidence militates against both claims. The two nativity accounts, although in many ways different, both leave no room for older brothers to be travelling with Joseph, Mary and Jesus to Egypt (Matthew) or from Nazareth to Bethlehem and back (Luke). Mark chapter 3 portrays the relationship between Mary and his 'brothers' as like that between a mother and her young children. Also, if Jesus was already in his thirties, then any older brothers would by then be in their late thirties or even forties, have established families of their own and be unlikely to be travelling in a group with their mother, as younger siblings could.

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