Post by captainbryce on Jun 13, 2017 22:53:13 GMT
Jun 13, 2017 13:18:38 GMT kls said:
I don't know. For Him to have not married would have been very remarkable in His time. Couldn't it also be argued if that was the case surely it would have been mentioned? If He did marry it would have been so automatically expected that would inspire less mention.A) Do you consider walking on water, turning water into wine, curing paralysis, and bringing people back to life to be "unremarkable" during his time?
I think the one thing scripture seems to be consistent about is the fact that Jesus was a rather remarkable guy.
B) Given everything that Paul says in 1 Corinthians (about hoping disciples stay single like him), it stands to reason that he was emulating Christ in his mission to minister on his behalf.
C) Given that Christ spent a lot of time on missions with his disciples, ultimately leading to his arrest, trial, execution, and resurrection, it would seem to be absurd that none of the authors thought that a mention of what his "wife" was doing at that time might have been relevant. For him to leave his wife for however many months/years, and then to go die without ever seeing her again seems strange. Stranger still the fact that there is no mention of her at his trial, or execution, or resurrection. Everyone else (including his mother) is mentioned. Why wouldn't his wife be (if he had one). So given all the other details the scripture does give up with respect to who was involved in his later years, I would argue that the presence of a wife would certainly have warranted a mention in at least ONE of the Gospels. The fact that there is no such mention would lead me to conclude that there was no wife.