Jesus
was not married (Sorry Dan Brown and DaVinci code believers):
No
mention of a Jesus' wife when it would have been critical.
John
19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his
mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus
therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith
unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!27 Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his
own home.
1Cor.9:
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as
other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Jesus
could not have married:
Came
not to do his will, but fully perform the Father's will.
Jn.6:38 For
I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent
me.
5:36 But
I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath
given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the
Father hath sent me.
9:4 I
must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh,
when no man can work.
1
Cor.11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1
Cor.7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if
they abide even as I.
1
Cor.7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art
thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 But and if thou
marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned.
Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But this I say,
brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as
though they had none;
30 And they that
weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced
not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that
use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I would have
you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong
to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But he that is
married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his
wife.
34 There is
difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the
things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she
that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her
husband.
35 And this I speak
for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which
is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
37 Nevertheless he
that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over
his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin,
doeth well.
38 So then he that
giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth
better.
39 The wife is
bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she
is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
40 But she is
happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the
Spirit of God.
Matt.20:28 Even
as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.
Was
not of this world:
Luke
20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this
world marry, and are given in marriage:
John
8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from
above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Luke
20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that
world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage:
36 Neither can they
die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God,
being the children of the resurrection.
John
11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
Would
not join himself to sinful flesh:
Mt.19:4 And
he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at
the beginning made them male and female,5 And said, For this
cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and
they twain shall be one flesh?6 Wherefore they are no more
twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put
asunder.
Revelation 14:4 These are they which were not defiled
with women; for they are virgins.
Christ
was in a body of sinless flesh and incorruptible blood and would not have mingled
himself and become one with sinful flesh in this manner:
Rom.8:3 For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh:
Rev.14:4 These
are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
Heb.4:15 For
we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
9:14 How
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God?
1
Pet. 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers;19 But with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Lev.19:19 Ye
shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse
kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment
mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Leviticus 21:14 (concerning the priest)
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not
take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. Neither shall he profane
his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
Ezra
9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and
for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people
of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this
trespass.
2
Cor.6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion
hath light with darkness?
Rom.3:10 As
it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:23 For all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
The
Church is His bride:
2
Cor.11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I
have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to
Christ.
Eph.5:25 Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;26 That
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,27 That
he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.28 So
ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth himself.29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but
nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:30 For
we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.31 For
this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto
his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.32 This is a great
mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Rev.21:2 And
I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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