Mark - Lesson 4...Continued from page 43
Thomas Klock
Mark 3:34, 35 (nkjv)
DAY FIVE: Redefining our Relationships
Please carefully read Mark 3:31-35 and answer the following questions.
1. By this time, the entourage of Jesus’ family members had arrived. In what seemingly harmless way did they come (v. 32, 33)?
NOTE: It would be unfair to state that Mary would have been in on trying to take Jesus by force, but accompanied His brothers out of concern for her Son, as any mother would. The others were no doubt concerned about the family’s reputation.
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[xx] Without getting into the Catholic views of Mary too much, they state that these were probably cousins or step-siblings, as they believe Mary was a perpetual virgin.
Yet the Bible is clear that Joseph and Mary had a normal marital life (Matthew 1:25), and Jesus had brothers and sisters who didn’t believe Him until after His resurrection (Mark 6:3; John 7:3, 5).