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But you have to understand that theres no physical evidence of the existence of jesus of nazareth dating from the time of jesus. there is nothing except the gospels which were written down decades later. this would be the first physical evidence that jesus of nazareth existed. >> this is such a landmark. i mean, this is the only material evidence, nonliterary, we have for the family of jesus. >> i think most people would be extremely surprised to learn that jesus had siblings. even though james ...

>> matthew 1:25 says literally, "joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth to jesus." now, any normal reading of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that, and his brothers and sisters are in fact his brothers and sisters. >> the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. >> the gospels really fast forward almost totally until hes 30 years old, and hes the son of god. what about all those missing years when he was a teenager playi...

>> matthew 1:25 says literally, "joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth to jesus." now, any normal reading of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that, and his brothers and sisters are in fact his brothers and sisters. >> the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. >> the gospels really fast forward almost totally until hes 30 years old, and hes the son of god. what about all those missing years when he was a teenager playi...

But you have to understand that theres no physical evidence of the existence of jesus of nazareth dating from the time of jesus. there is nothing except the gospels which were written down decades later. this would be the first physical evidence that jesus of nazareth existed. >> this is such a landmark. i mean, this is the only material evidence, nonliterary, we have for the family of jesus. >> i think most people would be extremely surprised to learn that jesus had siblings. even though james ...

Says the brother of jesus, but you have to understand that theres no physical evidence of the existence of jesus of nazareth dating from the time of jesus. there is nothing except the gospels, which were written down decades later. this would be the first physical evidence that jesus of nazareth existed. >> this is such a landmark. i mean this is the only material evidence, non-literary we have for the family of jesus. >> i think most people would be extremely surprised to learn that jesus had s...

>> matthew 1:25 says, literally, joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth to jesus. now, any formal reading of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that, and his brothers and sisters are, in fact, his brothers and sisters. >> narrator: the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. >> the gospels really fast forward almost totally until hes 30 years old and hes the son of god. >> what about all of those missing years when he was ...

>> matthew 1:25 says literally joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth until jesus. now any normal reading of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that, and his brothers and sisters are in fact his brothers and sisters. >> the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. >> the gospels really fast forward almost totally until hes 30 years old, and hes the son of god. >> what about all those missing years, when he was a teenager, p...

>> matthew 1:25 says, literally, joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth until jesus. now any normal reading of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that, and his brothers and sisters are in fact his brothers and sisters. >> the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. >> the gospels really fast forward almost totally until hes 30 years old, and hes the son of god. >> what about all those missing years, when he was a teenager,...

>> matthew 1:25 says literally, joseph was not knowing her in the carnal sense until she gave birth to jesus. now, any normal reads of of that sentence implies she went on to have more children after that and his brothers and sisters are, in fact, his brothers and sisters. >> the bible tells us very little about the early life of jesus. the gospels really fast forward totally until hes 30 years old and hes the son of god. what about all those missing years when he was a teenager playing around w...

But exactly whose offspring these other children are is still the subject of debate. >> for catholics, there is that emphasis on marys virginity. she was not only a virgin at the time of jesuss conception and birth but also afterwards. thats why i like to think of james, the brother of jesus as probably a child from josephs prior marriage before he married mary. >> but not all christians are in agreement. >> protestants would say there are other children that are the biological kids of mary and ...