Hi Joynetters Jesus was born in Israel..which is an Asian country.. Now there are particular specialities in relationships and the way they are expressed in Asia.. Look at our Hindu brethren... All their Cousins are also refered commonly as brothers and sisters..
Same is the case here.. Also here when they call Jesus as the carpenter, and Mary's son.. they are actually insulting him... What they are saying is that." we know what he does... we know who his mother is..we know all his relations.. but we dont know who his father is....? No Self respecting Jew would ever be liked to call the son of his mother..That was the ultimate insult u could give a guy.. Hence we have BenHur which means son of Hur, Bensirach, Barabbas the murderer.. An interesting thought hear.. DId u know that Barabbas's name is also Jesus.. So when pilate says to the people "Do you want me to release for you..Jesus Barabbas or Jesus the Messiah..?" The word Barabbas means Son of Abba(Father).. So the sacred author is using a play of words here.. .. SO actually Pilate is asking the Jews.."Whom do u want ...Jesus Barabbas(the Son of the Human Father) or JESUS the Messiah the SON of GOD." And we Know what their answer was.. Also if you read this incident in the Gospel of mark... u will see the next line saying..." And they rejected him.." So it is the people who reject jesus who ask all such questions...? When our protestant brethren put the same doubt before us...We should ask them whether they are also rejecting Jesus the Son of God... Love and Prayers Ravi --- jannet fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > First of all I would like to thank everybody in > Joynet > who have been helping me all my doubts. Every time I > write my doubts and questions here I am sure that I > will get a detailed, flawless reply to it. It is > definitely helping me to regain my lost faith. I > hope > nobody here minds me for not sending a personal > 'thank > you' mail. > Now I have another doubt. > Could somebody throw light in this view. > > In Mark 6:3 we read "Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't > this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, > Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" > > When I asked some people they told me that this > verse > is referring to everybody around Jesus whom He > called > his own brothers. > > But I don't feel satisfied with that answer. Because > the people gathered in the synagogue could not have > referred to this. > > So who are these brothers and sisters? > > Again such a reference is not given to any brothers > or > sisters when Jesus carries the cross to Calvary and > dies. > > Regards > Jannet > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > **************************************************************** > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth > mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to this mailing list, visit > http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet > For automatic help, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list > contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > **************************************************************** **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
