Irmãos de Jesus
Os irmãos de Jesus são mencionados nos Evangelhos. Embora inicialmente céticos sobre sua missão, alguns, como Tiago, tornaram-se líderes da igreja primitiva.
Menções nos Evangelhos
Jesus teve irmãos chamados Tiago, José, Simão e Judas. Eles conviveram com Ele na casa de Nazaré e participaram de sua vida pública.
◄He is just the son of the carpenter!/Isn’t he just the son of the carpenter that lived here?► [RHQ] His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas [RHQ]! ◄And his sisters also live here in our town./Do not his sisters live in our town?► [RHQ] So how is he able to do all these miracles?"
Jesus said that those who do God’s will are as important to Jesus as his own relatives are.
While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his younger brothers arrived. They stood outside the house, wanting to speak with him.
Jesus told them that those who obey God are as dear to him as his close relatives.
Jesus’ mother and younger siblings arrived. While they stood outside, they sent someone inside in order to call him outside. A crowd was sitting around Jesus. One of them said to him, "Listen/Hey, your mother and your younger brothers and sisters are outside, and they are wanting ◄to see/to talk with► you!" Jesus replied to them, "◄I will tell you something about my mother and my brothers./Do you know whom I consider to be like my mother and my brothers?►" [RHQ] After he looked around at the disciples who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Look here! I love these men as much as I love my mother and my brothers. Those who habitually do what God wants are as dear to me [MET] as my brother, my sister, or my mother!"
Jesus told them that some people are as dear to him as his own relatives.
One day Jesus’ mother and his younger brothers came to see him, but they could not get near him because there was a large crowd around him in the house.
Da incredulidade à fé
Os irmãos de Jesus não criam nele inicialmente. Mas após a ressurreição, estavam entre os discípulos em oração.
Jesus’ younger brothers said to him, "Since many people here have left you, you should leave and go to Judea province and perform some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them! No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. You say you are doing these miracles, so do some miracles there so that everyone [MTY] can see them!" They said this critically, because even though they were his own younger brothers, they did not believe he was from God.
Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me, because I have not yet returned to my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, ‘I am about to return to my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God’."
All these apostles agreed concerning the things about which they continually were praying together. Others who prayed with them included the women who had accompanied Jesus, Mary who was Jesus’ mother, and his younger brothers.
I also saw James, the brother of our Lord Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but I did not see any other apostle.
It was fitting that God make Jesus ◄perfect/all that God intended him to be►. God was enabling many people who would belong to him [MET] to share his glory. God is the one who created all things, and he is the one for whom all things exist. He perfected Jesus by causing him to suffer and die. Jesus is the one whom God uses to save people. Jesus is the one who ◄makes people holy/sets people apart for God►, and they all belong to God’s family. As a result, Christ gladly [LIT] proclaims them to be like his own brothers and sisters.