The Family Relationships of Jesus

Mark 6:1-6
He departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied
by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the
synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said,
"Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been
given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he
not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and
Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"
And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not
without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and
in his own house.“ So he was not able to perform any mighty deed
there, apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on
them. He was amazed at their lack of faith.
Matthew 27:56
Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother
of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Mark 15:40
There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them
were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James
and of Joses, and Salome.

Mark 16:1
When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother
of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and
anoint him.
Luke 24:10
The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the
mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told
this to the apostles,
Jude 1:1
Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who
are called, beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus
Christ:
John 19:25
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
Matthew 10:2-4
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called
Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and
his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew
the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
Luke 6:16
When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from
them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon,
whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John,
Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of
Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son
of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Matthew 13: 54-56
He came to his native place and taught the people in their
synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man
get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter's son?
Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph,
Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this
man get all this?"

John 19:25
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's
sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus
saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to
his mother, "Woman, behold, your son.“ Then he said to the
disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple
took her into his home.
In the four gospels there are a total of four women listed as being at
the foot of the cross of Jesus at Calvary:

Mary, the mother of Jesus

Mary Magdalene, listed in all four gospels

Mary (the wife of Clopas), the mother of James (the younger),

Joseph (Joses), and Salome

Joanne, the sister of Jesus' mother (Jesus' aunt) who was the mother
of James and John, the sons' of Zebedee
Matthew 27:56
Among them were Mary Magdalene and, Mary the mother
of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Mark 15:40
There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them
were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of the younger James
and of Joses, and Salome.

Luke 24:10
The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the
mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told
this to the apostles,

John 19:25
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.
 THE MARY THE
MOTHER MARY OF SALOME/ WIFE
OF MAGDELA JOANNA OF
JESUS CLOPAS
“There were “the mother of “Mary the mother
MATTHEW many “Mary the sons of of James and
women Magdalene” Zebedee” Joseph”
there”
“There were “Mary the mother
MARK also women “Mary “Salome” of the younger
looking on Magdalene” James and of
from a Joses”
distance”
“The women “Mary the mother
LUKE who had “Mary “Joanna” of James”
come from Magdalene”
Galilee with
him followed
behind”
“his “Mary the wife of
JOHN mother” “Mary of “his mother's Clopas”
Magdala” sister”
Zachariah m. Elizabeth SIBLING/
COUSIN
Anna m. Joachim

John SIBLING/
the Baptist COUSIN

SIBLING/ SIBLING/
COUSIN COUSIN

Joanna m. Zebedee Mary m. Joseph Mary m. Clopas

(aka Salome) (aka Miriam) (aka Alphaeus)

Jesus
James John Joses 3 Sisters
the Great “Beloved Disciple” (aka Joseph)
the Apostle the Evangelist
the Apostle
James
the Younger
“the Righteous” Judas
1st Bishop of Jerusalem aka Jude
Author of the Epistle aka Thaddeus
the Apostle the Apostle
Author of the Epistle Simon
the Zealot
the Apostle
the Cananean
Succeeded James
as 2nd Bishop
The Family Relationships of Jesus of Jerusalem
the Apostle
Eusebius Archbishop of Caesarea, 325 AD, Church History, Book 2, 1

Then there was James, who was known as the brother of the Lord; for
He too was called Joseph’s son, and Joseph Christ’s father, though in
fact the Virgin was his betrothed, and before they came together she was
found to be with child by the Holy Ghost as the inspired gospel narrative
tells us (Mt 1:18). This James, whom the early Christians surnamed the
Righteous because of his outstanding virtue, was the first, as the record
tell us, to be elected to the episcopal throne of the Jerusalem church.