How can James

[Markesmith]

How can James be the brother of the Lord if Joseph is not his father?

matt 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

[missmuffet]

3 hours ago, Markesmith said:

How can James be the brother of the Lord if Joseph is not his father?

matt 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

James is the half brother of Jesus. Mary and Joseph are the mother and father to James. After Jesus Christ was born Mary and Joseph had biological children. 

[Markesmith]

You got scripture for your infallible decree?

the Bible says James is son of Zebedee and Alphaeus not Joseph definitely not Mary the ever Virgin mother of God!

how can a man ever dare to enter where God the Holy Spirit conceived Jesus???

[missmuffet]

2 hours ago, Markesmith said:

You got scripture for your infallible decree?

the Bible says James is son of Zebedee and Alphaeus not Joseph definitely not Mary the ever Virgin mother of God!

how can a man ever dare to enter where God the Holy Spirit conceived Jesus???

You must be Catholic. 

Mark 6:3

 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at Him.

Edited August 17, 2020 by missmuffet

[Markesmith]

It does not say these are the children of Mary?

and elsewhere the Bible says One James is the son of zebedee and the other Alpheus not Joseph!

see above or mt 10

Mk 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 

not child of the Virgin Mary!

 

[Markesmith]

^{Is 7:14} Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

the scripture says “a son” one!

singular! 
done!

[missmuffet]

I have a difficult time discussing Scripture with Catholics because their beliefs often do no line up with God's Holy Words in the Bible. 

In Bible times, people did not have last names as we do in Western cultures. They were often identified by their fathers and grandfathers. For example, the other James of the twelve apostles is described as “James the son of Zebedee” (Mark 3:17). A third James mentioned in Scripture was the brother of the Lord Jesus (Galatians 1:19), a leader in the Jerusalem church (Acts 12:17; Galatians 2:9), and the author of the book of James.

[Markesmith]

The church came before the Bible! (New Testament) the church wrote the New Testament! The church says what is and what is not the Bible, and only the church can interpret the Bible!

[Jayne]

28 minutes ago, Markesmith said:

The church came before the Bible! (New Testament) the church wrote the New Testament! The church says what is and what is not the Bible, and only the church can interpret the Bible!

You are not going to change anyone's beliefs here.  We are not going to change yours.  Why don't we talk about something else. 

Besides you are talking about two different James.  The "James" brother of John and son of Zebedee was martyred by Herod very early on.

Acts 12:1-2 = "About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also."

James is the half-brother of Jesus.  He is referred to as "the brother of our Lord".  So is Jude who wrote ....well, Jude.

 

[Jayne]

1 hour ago, Markesmith said:

^{Is 7:14} Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

 

the scripture says “a son” one!

singular! 
done!

No, there is only one Immanuel.  This is a dual prophecy.

And about that passage - read the whole thing.  All of chapter 7 of Isaiah.

There was this king of Judah and not a good one.  He was terrified of an enemy.  God told him not to worry, that the enemy would not defeat him.

Apparently Ahaz in his heart did not believe God and so God said - ask me for a sign that this is true.

Ahaz said, "No, I do not want to test God."  [What he really meant was he did not want God to prove Himself true so that he {Ahaz} wouldn't have to obey him.]

God gave him a sign anyway that his enemy would not defeat him.

This was the sign:  "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings. The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah.”

 

There are not two virgin births.  The Hebrew for "virgin" here can mean "maiden or woman".

Matthew clarifies that the prophecy includes the literal virgin birth of Christ.