Then God is a man and Jesus had God's DNA.
Or God created the DNA.
Jesus had at least one sibling,a brother James according to the bible, but maybe sisters too. Why didn't your main reference, Paul, mention them....?
Yes, he had both brothers and sisters - actually half brothers. And Paul did talk about meeting James, Galatians chapter 1:
18Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Peter and stayed with him fifteen days. 19I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord's brother.
The first century Jewish historian, Josephus, referred to James as "the brother of Jesus who is called Christ" in his book "Antiquities of the Jews".
Was James really a half brother or full brother?
If you believe in the virgin birth, he'd be a half brother. Catholics who believe in the doctrine of perpetual virginity, describe James and his siblings as step-brothers.
Where was Mary, Jesus's mother, during his lifetime???
Living in Nazareth, one assumes. The Gospels depict Mary and Jesus attending a wedding in Cana, in Galilee. She was present at Jesus' crucifixion in Jerusalem though and had relatives living in Jerusalem.
I visited a church in Egypt recently that claimed Mary and Jesus lived in the basement of their church when Jesus was about 7 years old...
That tradition would be based on the Gospels story of Jesus' family fleeing to Egypt for a period in fear of Herod the Great.
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