But What If Yeshua Had Been Married?

Historian Paul Maier has said that there isn't anything wrong with the concept of Yeshua being married, but the problem is that one of the functions of marriage is to produce children. That is what leads to a theological problem. If Yeshua had been married, we would be faced with how to deal with His children theologically. They'd be one quarter God, which would get pretty confusing. So it was better that He didn't get married.

That doesn't mean there is anything wrong, or sinful with marriage. It is just that Yeshua came with a very specific mission, as the Messiah who would be the suffering servant and atone for sin. It is a tradition that prophets would make vows to be fully devoted to their mission in service to God. So in this way it makes complete sense why Yeshua would have remained single.

There are those that claim rabbis in the first century were always married, and that Yeshua should have been married in that tradition. That doesn't hold water. During Yeshua's time, there were many rabbis who were not married. It was not a requirement. Those who point to Da Vinci's painting of the Last Supper as evidence, are misguided, because in Da Vinci's early sketches he made indications that the figure claimed to be Mary Magdalene is actually intended to be John.

Dan Brown isn't just doing this to stir up controversy. Take a look at his testimony in his recent plagiarism trial. He takes it seriously.