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- Jerome (347-420), writing Against Helvidius in defense of perpetual virginity of the mother of Jesus, argued that the brothers of Jesus (James, Simon, Jude (also identified in tradition with Judas Thaddeus), and Joses or Joseph) were children of Mary of Clopas, the sister of the mother of Jesus, making them first cousins of Jesus and not direct siblings.
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Jan 19, 2022 · There may have been another reason for John to refer to her as the wife of Cleopas. According to church tradition, Cleopas was Joseph’s younger brother — yes, that Joseph — Mary’s husband.
Jerome also identified James, the brother of Jesus, with the Apostle James, son of Alphaeus (James the less) and thus supposed that Mary of Clopas was married to Alphaeus (Clopas). [16] This view finds support in a fragment found in a medieval manuscript, which lists four Maries mentioned in the gospels and bears the inscription "Papia" on the ...
Mary, The (Wife) Of Clopas ( Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ, A. V. "of Cleophas"), described by John as standing by the cross of Jesus in company with his mother and Mary Magdalene (Joh 19:25).
Nov 7, 2019 · Her husband Clopas or Cleophas is mentioned both times, but who was Cleophas? Early church leaders writings have led historians to believe he was the brother to Joseph, who was Jesus earthly father. Cleophas had a son, Simeon, who became the second Bishop of Jerusaleum.
Clopas could be a brother of Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is more likely, however, that John intends to identify four separate women at the cross. Matthew and Mark both mention a “Mary the mother of James and Joseph” among the women who were at the cross (Matt 27:56; Mark 15:40).
Sep 12, 2021 · Biblical People: Mary (5) the Wife of Clopas. By Peter DeHaan. September 12, 2021. Another woman named Mary is identified by her husband’s name: Mary the wife of Clopas. Only one verse in the Bible, in John’s biography of Jesus, contains a reference to this Mary or mentions Clopas.
Apr 28, 2017 · If Cleopas’s wife, Mary, was in Jerusalem for Passover, it makes sense that she would have traveled back home to Emmaus (or stopped overnight in Emmaus en route to home) with her husband afterward.
