As Pope John Paul the Great wrote,“It should be recalled that no specific term exists in Hebrew and Aramaic to express the word ‘cousin’, and that the term ‘brother’ and ‘sister’ therefore included several degrees of relationship.”1 Moreover, it is elsewhere revealed in Matthew that “James and Joseph” were actually sons of a different Mary, who stood with the rest of the women at the foot of the Cross and accompanied Mary Magdalene to the tomb on Easter morning (27:55-56; 28:1).
លើស ពី នេះ ទៀត, វាត្រូវបានបង្ហាញនៅកន្លែងផ្សេងនៅ ម៉ាថាយ ថា “លោកយ៉ាកុបនិងយ៉ូសែប” កូនចៅរបស់លោកត្រូវបានគេពិតជាមានភាពខុសគ្នាជាមួយនាងម៉ារី, ដែលឈរជាមួយនឹងការនៅសល់នៃស្ត្រីនៅជើងនៃឈើឆ្កាងនិងបានអមម៉ារៀម៉ាក់ដាទៅផ្នូរនៅព្រឹកថ្ងៃ Easter (27:55-56; 28:1).