Person New Testament
Joses
Also known as Joses =ESV, KJV; Joseph =NIV, Joseph =ESV, NIV; Joses =KJV
Joses (or Joseph) was one of Jesus' brothers and a son of Mary. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Matthew 13:55.
Why it matters. Brother of Jesus and son of Mary
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Joses
Joses, also known as Joseph, was one of the brothers of Jesus Christ and a son of Mary. He is mentioned by name in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew. In Mrk.6.3 and Mat.13.55, Joses/Joseph is listed along with James, Judas (or Jude), and Simon as Jesus' brothers. He was likely born after Jesus, as Jesus is referred to as Mary's firstborn (Luk.2.7).
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.