{"id":3287,"date":"2017-01-11T11:43:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T11:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2017-01-11T11:43:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T11:43:05","slug":"marys-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/11\/marys-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary’s sister"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u200bNow there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. – John 19:25<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mary was the virgin who got pregnant, without “knowing a man”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary was married to Joseph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary had at least 6 children. Jesus, James, Joses, Judas, Simon, and Jesus’s sisters.(Matthew 13:55-56)<\/span><\/p>\n

And Mary…had a sister.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe she was called Mary the wife of Cleophas, or perhaps she had a different name.<\/span><\/p>\n

The point is that Mary-the-mother-of-Jesus’s story occurred in the context of her family and cultural surroundings. <\/span><\/p>\n

And even though she had a sister, and Joseph had 11 brothers and Daniel had 3 friends…there was something specific that God wanted to do with Mary that He didn’t do with her sister.<\/span><\/p>\n

God knows who you are and where you are.<\/span><\/p>\n

And yes, He really wants to use you…and not the others whom you think arendrendndre better suited for the job.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\u200bNow there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. – John 19:25 Mary was the virgin who got pregnant, without “knowing a man”. Mary was married to Joseph. Mary had at least 6 children. Jesus, James, Joses, Judas, Simon, and Jesus’s sisters.(Matthew … <\/p>\n

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