Mary, the wife of Cleopas

Mary is the wife of Cleopas and was one of various Marys named in the Bible. Very little is known about her, except her marriage. It was believed among the early Christians, and is sometimes held today in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox religions, that she was a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Her children are Jesus's relatives that according to the New Testament are called his "brothers" and "sisters." This belief been surrounded with much speculation and doubt in the 20th century. The defenders of the belief note that the writers in the Aramaic did not have a specific word for cousins.

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Cleopas - Marys - Bible - Roman Catholic - Orthodox - Mary, the mother of Jesus - Jesus - New Testament - Aramaic

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