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.
Whether this is not the son of a carpenter? Whether his mother be not said Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
and his sisters, whether they all be not among us? From whence then all these things come or came to this? [or to him?]
Yet while he spake to the people, lo! his mother and his brethren stood withoutforth, seeking to speak with him.
And his mother and his brethren came, and stood withoutforth, and sent to him, and called him.
And the people sat about him; and they said to him, Lo! thy mother and thy brethren withoutforth seek thee.
And he answered to them, and said, Who is my mother and my brethren?
And he beheld them that sat about him, and said, Lo! my mother and my brethren.
For who that doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
And his mother and brethren came to him; and they might not come to him for the people.
Da incredulidade à fé
Os irmãos de Jesus não criam nele inicialmente. Mas após a ressurreição, estavam entre os discípulos em oração.
And his brethren said to him, Pass from hence, and go into Judea, that also thy disciples see thy works that thou doest;
for no man doeth anything in huddles, and himself seeketh to be open, [+or forsooth no man doeth anything in hid place, or privy, and he seeketh to be in open]. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
For neither his brethren believed in him.
Jesus saith to her, Do not thou touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.
All these were lastingly continuing [or dwelling together] with one will, in prayer, with women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
but I saw none other of the apostles, but James, our Lord’s brother.
For it beseemed him, for whom all things, and by whom all things were made, which had brought many sons into glory, and was[the] author [or the maker] of the health or salvation of them, that he had an end by passion.
For he that halloweth, and they that be hallowed, be all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,