Was Mary A Virgin? 

Who are you? Do I believe you or 2000 years of Christianity.

Some said STUPIDITY?... If that was true... Luke 1:36-45... narrates that Mary visited her "COUSIN" Elizabeth... it should be narrated that Mary visited her "SISTER" Elizabeth, since no Hebrew word for COUSIN... So, why then, when the R.C.C. translated them into LATIN "AS IS" (Fratres/Sorores) knowing they meant COUSINS or RELATIVES?... so why then, the R.C.C. never correct them in the first place in the 4th Cent. A.D.?... well, that was the TRUE (Real/Authentic) STUPIDITY including the one who said it previously from his initial comment (@bernardauberson7218)... The Greek Scribbers/Translators of the 1st Cent. A.D. also did the same thing, they wrote "AS IS" (Brothers/Sisters), instead of COUSINS. The 1st German and English Scholars/Translators in the 15th to 16th Cent. A.D., also did the same thing, they wrote "AS IS" (Brothers/Sisters), instead of COUSINS. And, the rest of the World's languages, translated in their own Native TONGUE, wrote the same thing "Brothers/Sisters," instead of COUSINS. In conclusion, if that was the case, why does no one dare to correct the TRANSLATION into COUSINS" if that was true?... It should be translated... "Your Mother (Mary), and COUSINS are outside, looking for you." (ref. Mark 3:31)... but still wrote "BROTHERS / SISTERS." The TRUTH is, "BROTHERS / SISTERS" were the True Context and Meaning of the Holy Scripture (Word of God)... logically speaking... Anyone who ADD/S or SUBTRACT (take away) from this Book (written WORD of God / Holy and Inspired Scriptures including God's Prophecies) will ADD plagues to them, and their NAMES will be removed (erased) from the TREE OF LIFE"... (ref. Rev. 22:18-19)... Facts and Truth of the Matters, Biblically and Logically speaking... Praise be to God in Christ Jesus... Amen.

Nice explanation. Another problem is of course that if Jesus was the son of Mary, he would be of her tribe and therefore of the priestly tribe. But if he was the son of Joseph, he would be of the Royal lineage of the tribe of David. If Mary didn't get pregnant by Joseph, Jesus could never be the Messiah, because the Messiah is said to be of the tribe of David via Joseph. There is no way around this. But it is a nice attempt by theologians in those days, especially for believers who were not jewish, to make Jesus both Priestly and Royal. It just never works that way. It's a story that will never work.

Not even in the LATIN VULGATE, the words "Brothers and Sisters" were used and not the words COUSINS, RELATIVES, or BRETHREN (Brotherhood)... Two (2) Gospel Writers (Matthew and Mark) ATTESTED to this matter but the R.C.C. totally rejected this matter... St. Paul warned us all, "DO NOT GO/EXCEED TO WHAT IS WRITTEN."... (ref. 1 Corinthians 4:6)... St. Paul also said, "Let God's CURSE (Anathema/Condemn Eternally) be upon those who taught and preached different Gospel other than what the Apostles had taught and received from them... (ref. Galatians 1:8)... Are the R.C.C. more better and knowledgeable than the Apostles of Christ Jesus in the 1st Century A.D.?... NOPE... They created many HERESIES (Blasphemy) against the Word of God... TRUE WORSHIPPER, worship God in SPIRIT and in TRUTH... without the R.C.C. Idols/Images/Statues and Dogmas of Blessed Mary... The True Worshipper of God (True Christians), loved, respected, honored, and acknowledged the Blessed Mary in the Biblical Way... Praise be to God in Christ Jesus... Amen

Shalom Iam indian also christian How to confirmation mary a Virgin

Yes was a virgin but had other kids afterwards

I actually believe your take more that the praying class explanation..amen.

The virgin Mary was never created to have kids outside of Jesus. St. Joseph understood that very well.

YES

Not after he split her womb to be born.

I do not believe in the PERPETUAL VIRGINITY of Blessed Mary while under oath to God from the Sacrament of Matrimony/Marriage Vows... Anyone who practices and accepts freely the "Vow of CELIBACY" permanently while under their Marriage Vow is guilty of committing a SIN against God... However, I do believe in the VIRGINITY RESTORATION when Blessed Mary became a WIDOW of St. Joseph and became a "Free Woman" once again before she died... WHY need for restoration?... To forever remind us all till eternity that a VIRGIN MAIDEN gave birth to the "PREPARED BODY" created by God (ref. Hebrews 10:5) through the Holy Spirit, the Son of God (Christ Jesus) and not just a "HA ALMAH" (The Young Woman) Prophesied by Prophet Isaiah. (ref. Isaiah 7:14)... Praise be to God in Christ Jesus... Amen and Amen...

Apostles and Early Christian Churches in the 1st Cent. A.D. believed that Blessed Mary was VIRGIN before she gave birth to the Savior/Son/Word of God manifested into FLESH, named Jesus, but not after the birth... Blessed Mary claimed that she "KNEW NOT" her Husband (Joseph) till (before) she gave birth to their FIRSTBORN SON, Christ Jesus... (ref. Matt. 1:18-25)... Did God restore her Virginity after giving birth to the Savior till her death?... God never revealed that to anyone, neither Christ Jesus nor the Apostles revealed her PERPETUAL VIRGINITY to nobody... the R.C.C. claimed this doctrine for her... and called her VIRGIN MARY instead of Blessed Mary... Blessed Mary never claimed nor ever written in the Scriptures that she was PERPETUAL VIRGIN, and never claimed she had no other Sons and Daughters from her Husband, Joseph before he died... Does restoring Blessed Mary's Virginity have something to do with our SALVATION?... What was the Purpose why God must do such a thing for her?... According to the Bible, God (YHWH) does NOT have FAVORITISM (Impartiality) to those who do HIS WILL. (ref. Romans 2:11)... Christ said, "Anyone who does the WILL of My Father (God) is MY Mother, Brothers, and Sisters." (ref. Matt. 12:50)... Does God really want it for her, or that was what the R.C.C. wanted for her?... Any Biblical or written Proof?... Praise be to God in Christ Jesus... Amen.

Why is there not a chapter of Mary in the Bible?

And she was still a virgin after birth with the Hyman still intact they state

Saint Joseph was not even in Nazareth when the Virgin Mary was almost due to give birth to Jesus. If he did then your conspiracy theory could remotely make sense. Joseph was forced to return to Bethlehem following the Roman decree that required him to return to where he was born and Jesus was born shortly after. Isaiah prophesied the birth of Jesus 700 years before it took place and Joseph was never named as the Foster father by Isaiah so there was no need for Joseph to have planned the birth of Jesus to occur in Nazareth. The prophecy had to be fulfilled in one way or the other.

Who cares

The account of the actual conception establishes that Mary was "overshadowed by the Spirit of a Most High". Modern spiritual teaching reveals that control of Joseph's physical body, while he was in a state of unconsciousness or trance, was taken over by Christ Himself for the purpose of the act of inseminating Mary. This was done with Mary's consent and Joseph subsequently had all his concerns allayed by an Angel. Possession of human bodies, whether by Heavenly spirits or spirits from Satan's realm, was a common place occurrence prior to completion of Christ's Mission of Redemption. Confusion has arisen from efforts to preserve Mary's status of "freedom from original sin" by trying to isolate Her from the sexual act by which everyone enters the physical world. She was a Heavenly Spirit who came into the world for the express purpose of providing the vehicle for Jesus's Mission. She took no part in the Heavenly rebellion against the Kingship of Christ which lead to The Fall and was thus " free from Original Sin."

Yes

Jesus had brothers. That means that even if Jesus was born miraculously Mary did not remain a virgin, assuming that Jesus ever lived which is a topic of debate.

Need to talk to someone who really knows the bible and the ancient scriptures

Forget these fictitious copper aged virgin births events. Go straight to the source of origins of virgin births, the golden & silver ages of Bharat. The viceless pure gods & goddesses, the deities of heaven all gave birth through the power of yoga. All were viceless and pure, it was the viceless kingdom of heaven. Later in the copper age, impure kings & queens would worship pure kings & queens. All religions remember heaven on earth.

Obviously not. She had a kid. Thats how getting pregnant works. Either Joseph was the father or another local man was.

The R.C.C. preferred to be a SELF-RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE who knows more than the Apostles and Gospel Writers... Were the Nazarene Israelite Jews who knew the Family of Joseph, the carpenter very well, said wrongly to Christ Jesus, "YOUR MOTHER, BROTHERS, and SISTERS are here outside looking/seeking for you?" ...(ref. Mark 3:31 / Matt. 12:47)... There are 2 Gospel Writers (Matthew and Mark) who attested that they were Christ Jesus' MOTHER, BROTHERS, and SISTERS... and not BRETHREN or COUSIN or RELATIVES... Why does NOBODY use the word COUSINS in any English Translation Version?... Even in other FOREIGN Translations, the word COUSINS was not used in that passage... Even in the Catholic Bible with Imprimatur did not translate it into the word "COUSINS" if that was the true meaning of "Brothers and Sisters" in Hebrew or Greek Languages... Not even in LATIN VULGATE... Facts and Truth of the Mattes, Biblically and logically speaking... Praise be to God in Christ...

In OT, God was someone always ready and visible to save Israelites. They could touch him, invite him for dinner, wrestle with him, and he would fight for them in the battles. I suppose he was getting old, and decided to have a son. Satan did not want to deal with two of them at the same time, it would be unfair. Why did God need a married woman to have a child? He must have taught that experience is important. This whole thing seems to have been concocted by an inept student of mythology.

Seeing that she was 12 when she conceived, I'd say Yes.

Why do you say, “BCE”? What common with CE?

Yes, Mary remains ever-virgin. Read Mark 15:40 and John 19:25 and you will see who the mother of Jesus’ “brothers” was: Mary of Clopas.

I suggest anyone who believes this chap listen to Brandy Pitre on the subject to find out why TenOnReligion is wrong. God bless, V

These religions Islam Christianity and Judaism they all considers women as a property than a living being. Even could be another animal that they owned. There is very little account of women in details as that of men than them being married off. You can see how this has impacted men today. Many will pay a huge lot for little girls even today.

Like all other non Catholics You are wrong on the perpetual virginity of Mary.

Ya, no. You do an okay job debunking an interpretation of what the bible says, but not so much what the bible actually says. For one, this nitpicky word obsession doesn't fit. Yes, the old Hebrew uses a word translated to young woman or young maiden, not the exact word virgin. Still, for one, that doesn't preclude her being a virgin. In fact, the fact that such a word is typically translated to maiden implies virginity. When a bride chooses a friend to stand with her at her wedding, she can choose a maid of honor or a matron of honor. Today, these titles don't mean much anymore, but for most of their existance in the English language, being a maid of honor absolutely implied the girl or woman titled was a virgin, or at least expected to be a virgin. In the English language, there were many different word associations to imply virginity ot lack of virginity. For instance, you would call virgins miss or nonvirgins Mrs. Today we are told this is associated with their marital status, but in history, it was definitely associated with virginal status. As for the or stories of beings also being sons of God's, that doesn't play well with what the bible actually says about Jesus. Not what many religions say about him, but what the bible actually says. The bible doesn't claim God someone had sex with Mary and they had a child together. No, Mary was really nothing more than a surrogate mother. The bible claims that Jesus already existed before his birth as a godlike being. That's another term for angel. It says he have up that existance to come down to Earth and be placed in Marry as a human, to live an actual human existance. The key reason why Mary had to be a virgin, wasn't to fulfill an old prophecy, but was because the entire reason for Jesus coming down to Earth. He had to be a sinless human. He was the new Adam, as such, he had to be like Adam, a sinless human being. Adam, after sinning, was stricken down. The bible doesn't get into specifics how, but from our current day scientific understanding, it strongly implies that a genetic flaw was given to him. A fatal one that was so deeply embedded that he passed it onto all his children. Something our current scientific knowledge tells us is that when a fertilized egg is placed into a woman's womb, it shares non of her DNA. Also, funnily enough, a surrogate can be a virgin mother. It happens today. We just don't call it a miracle. Why the virginity was needed. It had more to do with Jesus being sinless, or in modern terms, perfect, than to just fulfill prophecy. If Joseph had been married to her beforehand, many would have claimed it was simply the birth of two sinful imperfect humans and his status would have been questionable. Also, the bible doesn't claim that while on Earth, Jesus has a deity like Hercules. While it claims he was a sinless human, it only claims he was a human. There are many passages that claim he was more, sure, but that was outside his Earth existance. Before he was born, he was an Angel. When he was raised, it wasn't as a human, but he was given back his original angelic existance. Angels in the Hebrew scriptures were shown all the time appearing in human form, but not actually being humans. That was how Jesus was able to change his appearance after being raised. He was an Angel, or godlike being again. Later, because of his faithful sacrifice, he was elevated above other angels as God assigned authority to him. Authority of kings judge, priest, and god. So, it is true that Jesus post resurrection can be called a god, it is as a title more than a name. In the bible, being a god meant you had power over whether others lived or died. Judges in Israel were rightly titled gods. Jesus is a god in the same way Moses was God. God told Moses he was making him God to Aaron and Pharoah. This meant that God was sending Moses in his name. When Moses spoke, he was speaking what God told him to say and with God's authority to say those things. They were to be taken as if spoken directly by God. Jesus in the bible many times said he spoke, not his words, but the words of his father. Even in his kingly splendor in the book of Revelations, he claims to do and say only the things God commanded him to say and do. The entire reason for Jesue existansr to be a sinless human who died without sin, to balance the scales for Adam's sin. The law stated a life for a life. If someone's innocent life was taken from them, it demanded the price of a life. Still, Jesus had to be born in the promised line. This is why Joseph was still his father. Just because Joseph didn't actually father Jesus, he was legally his father. It fulfilled God's promises to his ancestors. I get that many come to the bible with the idea or it not being inspired already firmly entrenched in ther minds, so all of this will sound like nonsense to them. That is okay. This was merely point out that much more of the bible than they think spoke to Jesus. The man who would bruise the serpent in the head. Abraham's being asked to act our sacrificing his son was a method of conveying to him the import of the cost to God of the promise he was making to him. How, he would bless Abraham's offspring by actually sacrificing his son. Note that angels were also known as sons of God. The later promises to various men down through Israel like to David. How Jesus sinless nature was prophecised by unleavened bread being used at Passover and in sacrifices. Leaven was a symbol of sin. Or the blood used to save the Israelites in Egypt or in sacrifices. Many like to claim it is blood magic, but it actually was just a prophetic symbol of Jesus spilled blood. Even the design of the temple was a prophesy of Jesus. It's physical design was a way of describing man's relationship to God and when Jesus died, the curtain in the temple was torn, showing a change in the nature or man's relationship with God. Jesus as the High Priest of heavenly Jerusalem could freely enter into God's presence as he was sinless unlike all preceeding High Priests. In any event, it was about more than the translation of a single word in an ancient text.

I have a hard time following you sometimes . You speak so fast and the lip smacking and noises throw me off .. otherwise I find your research fascinating and at times mind blowing !

Very enlightening. Thank you for your teaching.

do a little more research about the early chrurch fathers

The Bible says! Mary had child,so call Jesus. A Mother can't be virgin 😊

Didn't Jesus have brothers?

It's inverant whats important us Hesus. Even though Jesus has brothers and sisters and have also half brothers. Why we came from the creator. Your God made us by dirt before we get dirt. We wete angles thats Why Jesus say we will be angeks and sibs and daughters of God only after you die. In Indian belueve we are already sins and daughters of our creator Our father and only true father give us each a plan. Your bible are not translated properly to English and Jesus is not white. He's a Jew.

Mary lied. Did Joseph buy it ? Maybe he thought it might be fun to have a son of god around the house getting free stuff from wise men, turning water into wine, etc. unfortunately for Jesus such talk can create psychological damage to young minds and even though it might work for a time, eventually you will run up against Rome that does not have a sense if humor. Jesus was not the first, and not the last to have divine visions of self. A few slip out of the net and start a new religion.

These days Mary would be considered jailbait..amen