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Originally Posted by Walks_in_islam
How old was Mary when she was betrothed to the previously married Joseph the Carpenter and became stepmother to his long-since-grown sons?
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The notion Joseph was previously married is in much dispute and has been discredited by many scholars. The only child which the Bible calls the son of Mary is Jesus. None of the so-called "brethren" of Jesus are called sons of Mary or Joseph in the Bible. Many disputing this state they were cousins of Jesus, not siblings.
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At the foot of the cross, it is said Mary of Clopas was there. Who was Clopas? Clopas is recorded as Joseph's brother; Mary of Clopas the wife of Clopas. Accordingly, James and Jude (two of the "brethren") are sons of Mary, wife of Clopas. So this would have been the nephews of St. Joseph and cousins of Jesus. So the apocrypha took as easy way out and described "brethren" as Joseph's children from another marriage.
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