Jesus did not have a biological brother. The Greek word 'Adelphos', meaning brother, is a literal translation from the Aramaic word 'Aha'. Aha is a broad term meaning brother, cousin, relative and kinsman; however, there was no specific Aramaic word for cousin at that time and afterwards. Aramaic was the language spoken in Jesus' time and the century that followed. The original Scripture was written in Aramaic and Greek, but even if the part referring to Jesus' brother(s) was written in Greek, this Greek was a direct translation from the Aramaic spoken at the time, because there was no specific Aramaic word for cousin, then the word "brother" (Aha) was used in it's place.

The same goes for "sister" (adelphe).

The only other plausible explanation is Joseph was a widower who had children before he took on Mary as his second wife, as stated by the Protoevangelium of James (c. A.D. 120), thereby, making James the stepbrother, not blood brother, of Jesus.

Outside of the beheading of St. John the Baptist do you remember all these beheadings in the Douay-Rheims? The Moslems are having a heyday with this, they are quoting these Bible verses to argue that the Bible is as violent as their evil book.

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 31:9
And they cut off Saul' s head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols, and among their people.
27   

2 Kings (2 Samuel) 16:9
And Abisai the son of Sarvia said to the king: Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I will go, and cut off his head.
28   

2 Kings (2 Samuel) 20:22
So she went to all the people, and spoke to them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they departed from the city, every one to their home: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

4 Kings (2 Kings) 6:32
But Eliseus sat in his house, and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and before that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head? Look then, when the messenger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in: for behold the sound of his master' s feet is behind him.

1 Paralipomenon (1 Chronicles) 10:9
And when they had stripped him, and cut off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.

Judith 13:10
And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body.

Judith 13:27
Judith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night by my hand.

Judith 16:11
Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.

and do you remember the word "pisseth"?
4 Kings (2 Kings) 9:8
And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and I will cut off from Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel

Outside of the beheading of St. John the Baptist do you remember all these beheadings in the Douay-Rheims? The Moslems are having a heyday with this, they are quoting these Bible verses to argue that the Bible is as violent as their evil book.

These are all historical books and thus are reporting what happened.  None of these references were commands from God.  The Moslems book purports to give the commands of their god.  So, if someone tells you this in the future, just tell him how stupid he is and explain the facts.

Outside of the beheading of St. John the Baptist do you remember all these beheadings in the Douay-Rheims? The Moslems are having a heyday with this, they are quoting these Bible verses to argue that the Bible is as violent as their evil book.

1 Kings (1 Samuel) 31:9
And they cut off Saul' s head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols, and among their people.
27    

2 Kings (2 Samuel) 16:9
And Abisai the son of Sarvia said to the king: Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I will go, and cut off his head.
28    

2 Kings (2 Samuel) 20:22
So she went to all the people, and spoke to them wisely: and they cut off the head of Seba the son of Bochri, and cast it out to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they departed from the city, every one to their home: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

4 Kings (2 Kings) 6:32
But Eliseus sat in his house, and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and before that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head? Look then, when the messenger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in: for behold the sound of his master' s feet is behind him.

1 Paralipomenon (1 Chronicles) 10:9
And when they had stripped him, and cut off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.

Judith 13:10
And she struck twice upon his neck, and cut off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body.

Judith 13:27
Judith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night by my hand.

Judith 16:11
Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.

and do you remember the word "pisseth"?
4 Kings (2 Kings) 9:8
And I will destroy all the house of Achab, and I will cut off from Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the meanest in Israel

What they fail to mention is how many times David had the opportunity to kill Saul, his enemy, and didn't.

Yes, it does answer the question. That is why the note is there - to clarify for readers that these brethren were not his blood brothers and sisters but the children of Mary the wife of Cleophas, sister to our Blessed Lady, and so first cousins.

Besides what have beheadings to do with this thread?

Cantarella spelled in out in plainly and in full:

All we need to know is that the Roman Catholic Church teaches that Jesus had no biological brothers or sisters.  

Thank you for asking what beheadings in the 1899 Douay have to do with Jesus purportedly having sisters. The words in the Bible are being changed.
Think of verse you know well, such as Isiah 11:6 "The lion shall lie down with the lamb." (This is on Christmas cards and gifts I have been giving out for decades.) It no longer says that. It now says the wolf will lie down with the lamb. Some children's Bibles with images will show the lion, but the word has been changed to wolf.

Cera,

You've hit on no less than THREE topics in this thread -- basically you're looking for apologetics help to put to silence your (no doubt many) Protestant friends. I could be wrong, but you seem to be "bursting at the seams" with such questions, which sound like they come from Protestants.

Of course people ask questions about the Faith here all the time. What makes it seem like you're "bursting at the seams" is that you've brought up 3 separate topics in the same thread.

Are you getting assaulted by protestant objections to the Catholic Faith?

If so, you really need to spend less time talking to Protestants and more time socializing with Catholics.

If you are isolated from other Traditional Catholics, then I suggest spending more time with Traditional Catholics online. It's critically important to have Catholic friends. If none are available locally, then online friends are the next best thing.

People always focus on the negative aspects of a forum like CathInfo -- members with characters flaws, the time wasting element, people that like to argue endlessly, people who hold an error or two about this or that -- but they forget that despite all that, CathInfo is a necessary thing. If for no other reason, it gives an outlet for isolated Trad Catholics to speak with other Trad Catholics.

Not everyone lives in St. Mary's, KS, Post Falls, or a large Trad chapel in a high-population corridor like the East Coast.

Some of us have minimal -- or even zero -- person-to-person contact with other Traditional Catholics. For such people, CathInfo isn't a "vice" like cigarettes, alcohol or TV -- it's more of a life-saving substance like food or water.