If Jesus had siblings, wouldn't their descendants be alive today?

Jesus' "siblings" are mentioned in the Gospels. But none of the Gospels mention the spouses of such possible siblings. James, Joses, Salome, Juda, and Simon are all mentioned or named in Mark 3:32 and Mark 6:3. Cousin John is mentioned in John 1:25.

Cousin John was beheaded as recorded in Matthew 14.

No where in the Gospels is there a record of marriage of any of Jesus' family, except for Mary, to His step-father Joseph. If there were other family members, they escaped the attention of the Gospel writers.

Paul writes of James upon visiting Jerusalem:

Galatians 1:19 "But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother."

The early church did hold James in high regard. It was again Paul who mentions that James, Cephas (Peter), and John seemed to be the pillars of the Church at Jerusalem:

Galatians 2:9 "And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision."

IF Jesus was a real person, and the odds are reasonable that he was, we know he had siblings already. In the bible they are mentioned, although not all of them by name.

It is also pretty much certain that he was married if he was a rabbi. No one would respect a rabbi that wasn't at his age.

Jesus had "brothers and sisters", as reported in Mark 6:3 and Matthew 13:55-56. The canonical Gospels name four brothers, James, Joseph (Joses), Judas and Simon, but only James is known to history, though some associate Simeon of Jerusalem with Simon the brother of Jesus. After Jesus' death, James, "the Lord's brother", was the head of the congregation in Jerusalem and Jesus' relatives may have held positions of authority in the surrounding area.

The literal conclusion from what is written in the New Testament is that Jesus' siblings were children of Mary and Joseph, as accepted by some members of the early Christian church, later called the Antidicomarianites; however, when Helvidius proposed this idea in the 4th century, Jerome the Just maintained that Mary remained always a virgin, and held that those who were called the brothers and sisters of Jesus were actually children of Clopas, a brother-in-law of Mary. The terms "brothers" and "sisters" as used in this context are open to different interpretations, and since have been argued to refer to children of Joseph by a previous marriage, Mary's sister's children, or Joseph's sister's children. Critical scholars say that the doctrine of perpetual virginity has long obscured the recognition that Jesus had siblings.

The Catholic and Orthodox church state Mary remained a virgin after giving birth to Christ, and state the people described as the "brothers and sisters" of Christ were not the literal brothers and sisters of Christ.

At least one relative James became a Bishop. He was the first Bishop of Jerusalem.

The Orthodox and Catholics are not sola scriptura but the fact Jesus asked John to take care of Mary indicates that Christ was an only child and the lack of names beyond James and Jude show that he lacked much in the way of cousins.

The protestants are the only ones who claim Christ had much in the way of relatives beyond Mary, James and Jude. They try to state Sola scriptura but it is really a case of being being against Catholic and Orthodox teachings on this matter.

edit this is one of the many reasons I am not a protestant- if there is any truth to the gospel then there will be extra biblical records recording Church history where you can trace a line of ordination, and teaching from a modern Bishop all the way back to the Apostles. Like wise this source would have plenty of information that isn't found in the Bible.

Jesus was the head or 'king' of the deposed Davidians & was recognised as such by the Romans (thus he was also allowed to wear red, which was otherwise against the law for commoners) To have been such, he had to have been the firstborn son of Judas of Gamalah who was executed when Jesus was around 12 years old. The New Testament also notes Jesus had several brothers, three of whom succeeded him as head of the Davidians. However, Jesus' family maintained he survived the crucifixion & were strongly opposed to the emerging Catholic doctrine, so the early Catholics persecuted them almost to extinction. It is unknown if any blood relative or descendant survived the bloodshed, but the Davidian lined died out, so it is considered unlikely that any direct descendants exist in the modern age.

Jesus Had Siblings

Hally;

Interesting question, but the lack of public records makes a research, as you suggest, difficult. It would be the same if we tried to identify decedents of, say, Julius Caesar, or some other famous person of the first century.

You say Christ is a Myth?, Its very difficult to find his siblings, coz he was in earth 2000yrs before If you want to find his siblings read this you will get an idea about them

Luke 8:21

Wouldnt that be great? To find out that your a member if jesus familys bloodline? I thought about something similar as this too

Jesus had no siblings. He had a few first cousins though. That would have made them from a different paternal line.

It's mostly due to the nature of Christianity itself. Firstly, Christ was not well-liked by the religious leaders of His day. And when Christianity did start to become more popular, its teachings are contrary to giving high spiritual honor to any person/group of people.