Basically I don't rely on any translation but use TR and Ben Chayyim Masoretic Text arranged by Ginzburg in Hebrew.I may have missed your answer -
but when you quoted Mat 1:20 (in English) (in post # 1)
What version were you using?
Question: Do you think the body of Jesus resembled 50% Mary and 50% God?
You must remember these aspects of Mary:
1) Mary couldn't understand what Jesus said ( Luke 2:50)
2) Mary couldn't answer the question asked by Jesus ( John 2:4)
3) Mary didn't believe Jesus would be resurrected and therefore she went to the tomb with the spice and ointment ( Luke 24:10, Mark 16:1)
4) Mary required somebody to sustain her
5) Mary was not among the crowd listening to the sermon by Jesus, to the Word of God.
6) This is very much crucial and important aspect of Mary:
Mary attempted to capture Jesus so that she may stop Him from His ministry and therefore Jesus told her and to the crowd <<< Who is my mother?>> Read Mark 3:21, 31-35, Mt 12:46-50
KJV translated < Hoi para auto> as His friends in Mark 3:21, but Hoi Para auto means Those who live together with Him under the same roof, which means Family, and those family went out to capture Him, not because they thought Jesus was mad, but because the neighbors criticized He is mad. This is why I don't rely on KJV.
So, in verse 31, they reach the place where Jesus was preaching and told someone that they want to speak to Jesus. Jesus knew their intention even before they started from their home, and therefore He said
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33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother>>>>
Jesus disobeyed Mary and completely ignored her, in opposition to the claims by Catholics who say < Jesus will obey His mother all the time, otherwise, He will be in contradiction to His commandment of Honor thy mother> ( CCC 2678-79)
So, Mary attempted to commit the horrendous sin against God by preventing Him from preaching the Gospel and Salvation.
7) Remember this < Gennao> verb appeared 40 times in Matthew chapter 1, 39 times it is translated into begot, but only once in verse 20, it is translated into conceived. If a surrogate mother is pregnant by IVF, with an embryo from other couple, then the surrogate mother has conceived a baby, one can say, even though her egg or ovum was not used at all. Such conception of Conceive is used in Luke 1:31, 2:21 as Conceive doesn't care of Biological or Surrogate.
8) You must remember Mary was born from the earth, while Jesus was born from Heaven.
Mary belongs to the race of Adam, while Jesus is the Last Adam or Second Adam
Read 1 Cor 15:
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Mary belongs to Adam's Race, but Jesus belongs to Heaven
Do you think the brain cells of Jesus resembled 50% Mary and 50% God?
I don't think so.
Eliyahu
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