Is it true that Jesus' family, including his mother, believed that he was mentally ill?
There seems to be something in the texts that says that Jesus' family, including his mother, seemed to have believed that he was mentally ill? Is this true? Let's find out. Answer: According to the author of the Gospel of Mark (Mark 3:19-21, 31), during the period when he was preaching, Jesus' relatives, his mother and his brothers, believed that he was mentally ill. The author of the Gospel of John comments that "neither did his brothers believe in him" (John 7:5). Jesus, in turn, rejected th
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