8. Did Mary later have other children?—Matthew 13:55, 56; Mark 6:3; Luke 8:19-21; John 2:12; 7:5; Acts 1:14; 1 Corinthians 9:5.

9. How do we know that Jesus’ brothers and sisters were not really his cousins?—Compare Mark 6:3; Luke 14:12; and Colossians 4:10.

8. “Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us?” (Matthew 13:55, 56) “He and his mother and brothers [Greek, a·del·phoiʹ] and his disciples [Greek, ma·the·taiʹ] went down to Capernaum, but they did not stay there many days.”—John 2:12.

9. There are distinct Greek words for brother and cousin. “‘This is the carpenter the son of Mary and the brother [Greek, a·del·phosʹ] of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon, is it not? And his sisters [Greek, a·del·phaiʹ] are here with us, are they not?’ So they began to stumble at him.” (Mark 6:3) “Do not call . . . your relatives [Greek, syg·ge·neisʹ].” (Luke 14:12) “Mark the cousin [Greek, a·ne·psi·osʹ] of Barnabas . . .” (Colossians 4:10)—See The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures.