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While that may be historical I am more concerned about Gods children and how we operate. I have said many times, God's Word is for God's children. We obey God FIRST then if the rest of the world wants to copy us and God's pattern for living then...
Do we have any proof of his marital status?
I had heard that he was a widower, which would have qualified him.
It would be amusing if the man who appointed elders wasn’t qualified to be one.
I think that alot of things are inferred. I have a few single women friends. Some older, some younger. All have children and if/when we are seen together the unknowing would assume we are a pair and the children are my bio offspring. But such is...
Genesis 6 anyone? 🤔 It would make sense that God would not be interested in perpetuating issues of "divine bloodline" that arose from deep history, rather seeking to reverse it. #eletesocietiessuck
We also have to keep in mind that Jesus did...
Jesus was a man on a mission, being the Savior and the Light of the world. I don't think He let things like earthly marriage (as good and blessed as it is) distract Him from His primary task. Accomplishing the Work of His Father seems to have...
The inference is based on second temple rabbinic tradition combined with inferences about the women who were close to him and attending to him.
It’s not too different in my mind about the inferences of Him being a homo because of Him loving...
I must admit, I had to look it up! 😅 I am familiar with the concept, however.
Is there anything in the scriptures that infers that Jesus was physically married? I can't think of a single instance.
I would not be so easily given to the idea that Jesus was married- that would be an inference from silence. @steve, I think you might be referring to the pharasitical tradition that marriage was an "expectation", but even that was not necessarily...