The Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children after Jesus cannot be supported by ''sola scriptura'', by internal textual evidence of the usage of "brother" and "brothers" within the whole of the New Testament, by linguistic evidence from either Greek grammar or Koine Greek vocabulary, nor by evidence from the first three hundred years of Christian tradition before Helvidius. From all of the available evidence, the Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children besides Jesus appears to be an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] tradition of men added to the Bible. See [[Polemic]] and [[Libel]]. | The Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children after Jesus cannot be supported by ''sola scriptura'', by internal textual evidence of the usage of "brother" and "brothers" within the whole of the New Testament, by linguistic evidence from either Greek grammar or Koine Greek vocabulary, nor by evidence from the first three hundred years of Christian tradition before Helvidius. From all of the available evidence, the Protestant doctrine that Mary gave birth to other children besides Jesus appears to be an [[Eisegesis|eisegetical]] tradition of men added to the Bible. See [[Polemic]] and [[Libel]]. |