According to the four different gospels recorded by four different men (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), Jesus never married. When he hung on the cross, John records that he asked him (John would use the term "the disciple whom Jesus loved") to take care of His mother from hence forth. Other than a few fictional exploitations which have made up false tales about Jesus' personal life, there is not one verse of scripture that supports this. Jesus remained single and died for our sins as the sole Lamb of God.

I would like to respectfully disagree with TulsaDave's reasoning. True the Bible does not mention Jesus having a wife. However, a lack of mention does not mean that He did not have one. Throughout Jesus' early life, Mary and Joseph appear to have been vary good about following Jewish customs of their day in raising Jesus. The presented Him at the temple and performed the necessary sacrifice shortly after his birth. They also took him back to the temple when he turned 12. Jewish custom of the day would also have required that they arrange a marriage for Him by the time He entered His mid to late teens. Indeed, it would have been deemed strange for Him not to be married. Bachelorhood might even have impeded His ability to gain a following for His message. Once again, the silence of the Bible concerning Jesus' marital status does not mean that He was not married. Marriage was the expected norm among God's people. However, if you really look at the Bible, the direct mention of the wives of prominent figures was the exception, not the rule. We only know that Simon Peter was married because we are told that Jesus healed his mother-in-law. Paul only mentions his wife in passing. Eli (Samuel's predecessor as High Priest) and Samuel himself are both mentioned as having sons, but their wives are not mentioned. (The sons are only mentioned because their wickedness precipitate other events. Had that not been the case, they probably would have been mentioned at all.) Based on their traditions, it can be assumed that most, if not all of the prophets of the Old Testament were married, but few actually mention that fact. Now, none of this is proof that Jesus was indeed married. It just provides a fairly strong circumstantial case for the possibility. In the absence of documents from His contemporaries definitively stating one way or the other on this question, we really can't say for certain. ************* "generalhavok: While speculation is fun, there's no warrant for arguing from it. There's no evidence that Jesus was married." There is also no substantive evidence that He wasn't. There record is silent on the issue. Therefore, and statements either way are all speculation. I just state one side of the argument and acknowledged that it was speculation. ************** "John Pacella: trying to make arguments fitting his own beliefs... not based on the Bible" Where in any of this do I say that I believe this? This is speculation. These are arguments for one possibility. I clearly state that there is no proof one way or the other. As such I don't claim to know the truth of this. I am waiting for definitive evidence before I form an opinion either way on this issue.

No. It is neither stated nor provable. There is no reference in the Bible that implies Jesus was married or had children. There is no other credible ancient document that states or proves either marriage or children. Some sources indicate it would have been typical for someone Jesus' age to be married, many credible scholars are very reasonably convinced that his occupation and focus would have precluded the possibility. ______ I am quite certain that Jesus knew his life's calling long before he was 30 - this is what I meant by "his occupation" - not the work he did for income prior to his ministry.

I would just like to follow Glenn's reasoning. Because the Christian Scriptures DO mention other significant events in the early, pre-ministry life of Jesus ( presentation in the temple, getting lost while on the journey to/from Jerusalem, etc.), I would conclude that if he had been married, this event would also have been recorded. The absence is either a.) strong, but not conclusive evidence that Jesus was not married; or b.) weak , inconclusive evidence that any marriage was ignored or later deleted from collective memory, for unknown reasons.

I would just like to throw a couple more points into this debate. There is no statement anywhere except in the minds of those who doubt Jesus was perfect. The Bible says that all men are concieved in sin, when born of a man and woman. If Jesus had fathered children this would have to mean that he had committed sin, would it not? I know the Bible says the marriage bed is undefiled, but if He had fathered children, they would have inherited the sin curse from the mother, right? And also, since He was in fact a man and a God at the same time, would His blood not have been tainted by the act of siring a child? Then He would have helped propegate the curse of sin on another generation. I don't believe He would have done that. I think this whole debate is an attempt to prove Jesus was not who He claimed to be. That is an old, old tactic, and can only come from one place. All trees bear fruit of their own kind. A fig tree cannot produce diamonds. Only one time in history has a mother who was a sinner able to produce a child who was not. That took direct intervention by God the Father to accomplish. He has only done that with Mary and Jesus. If God had done that more than once, then there would be an entire race by now of miracle working, dead reviving, walking ,talking, Gods running all around the earth right now. Since there are not, I am gonna say that when Job asks the rhetorical question about what can be born clean of a woman, he was talking about normal humans. Since there is only one God, I am gonna say that old Job was right, there can be none. Only with God's Grace can any man be seen as clean, and then only after Jesus' blood has been applied to the soul of said sinner, or in other words, direct intervention from God. Now you might say that if Jesus could have fathered children, would He not have covered them in His blood at birth? That would likely be true, but then where are all the miracle workers who would be descended from Him? Certainly He does not begin a work and not complete it. Would His children not survive, and even prosper in this world, and He'd make sure of it? You accuse me of twisting scripture, but who is really doing that? Is it me or the person who wants to take a Holy, Spotless, Perfect Lamb of God , and bring him down to the level of ordinary men. The Bible says that Jesus ascended into Heaven and is still there today. He did not stick around the earth long enough to sire children. Or are you trying to say He did that before He died, and thus committed a sin beforehand. That would have made Him imperfect just like the rest of us. At the beginning of every marriage is a spark of lust. You must be at least a little attracted to your prospective spouse, or why would you even pay them attention, let alone ask them to marry you. That amounts to lust for the flesh. By even thinking He had children, let alone married a woman, you are committing blasphemy. HE IS GOD! He is perfect and sinless and worthy of worship. No man born of human parents is. Yes, marriage is ordained by God for us mortal men and women who are incomplete in ourselves. God made Eve for Adam because he needed a helpmeet, and companion. Jesus was perfect in Himself and had no need for such. You are correct in that marriage is honorable in all for us imperfect mortal men who were tainted from birth with the curse of sin, inherited from our original parents, Adam and Eve. For a man who was born without sin and never entered into it in any way, marriage would not be necessary for HIM. He did not need spiritual completion, He already had it. He did not need a companion, He had the constant attention of God the Father, and except for one instance God was with Him always. The one instance was just before He died on the cross, when the sky turned black, and Jesus cried those words of despair. He was no mortal man, and had no need for marriage, and something as important as children would be in the Bible, if He had them. Since they are not, he did not. There is now nor has there ever been any credible evidence that Jesus married anyone let alone had children. There is today a blaspheemer, who is making millions on a fairy tale. If you believe his story, you need to dig into a Bible, because it is a contradiction from the first words of the book. God is not the author of confusion, that would be Satan. If there is confusion in any situation, then that proves who is influencing events. This idiocy is proof of who started it, and it was not God. Contradictions to the Bible do not come from God.

I don't understand why the question had points taken away if in fact it is a really good question. +2 (sorry that's all I can give you). I think the arguemnet is wide open.

I thought we all were children of Jesus? Or is that God?

The short answer is: there's no firsthand evidence that even JESUS existed, much less whether he ever had children; and anyone who says differently is talking out of their backside...

Only by the liberal hollywood and media.

This is my small message to all christian brothers and sisters out there ---- One important thing all christians should understand is that Eve was motivated by satan to think different from what GOD ordered and told her to do. It was satan who misguided her and forced her to lust for a fruit which GOD had ordered she should never eat. Even today satan is doing the very same thing---trying to influence the minds of people to think differently from what GOD says. BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD. So everything written in bible is what GOD actually says. Any deviation from BIBLE or even speculation of things not directly mentioned in the BIBLE implies an attempt to force humans to think differently from what GOD says and to undermine the faith of christians in JESUS CHRIST. The speculation about marriage of JESUS can only be classified as an another attempt to undermine our faith in JESUS and to undermine the credibility of BIBLE. There will always be anti-christian theories, teachings and "useless" speculaions ("useless" because they add no value to 'faith'. According to BIBLE, faith should increase gradually and not be static.) being made until the second coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. When it is agreed upon that marriage is ordained of GOD, there is a mention being made to something clearly mentioned in BIBLE. Why, then use it to speculate something not written in bible.

we are all children of god