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Was the Savior ever married?

Dear Gramps,
I would like to know if was the Savior married or not. According to the scriptures it says that He obeyed every Law of the Father, which would include “multiply and replenish the earth” I just need your confirmation on this matter.
Sivuyile Pezulu, from South Africa

Dear Sivuyile,
In the first place, the fact that the marriage of the Savior is not recorded in the New Testament does not mean that it did not happen. If being sealed to an eternal companion is a requirement for entrance into exaltation in the celestial kingdom, then there can be no doubt that the Savior was married. He submitted himself to all the laws of the gospel. As an example, baptism is an ordinance by which those who are repentant and come to Christ are forgiven of all their sins, and it is a requirement for entrance into the celestial kingdom. The Savior was without sin. Yet, in order to be compliant with the law of God, he submitted himself to baptism. It follows without question the He complied with the requirement for exaltation in the celestial kingdom by having complied with the sacred marriage ordinance.
Here is a scriptural evidence, found in Isaiah 53:6-10, that indeed the Savior was married, and had children–

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Isaiah is speaking of the Savior, who suffered for the sins of man. Yet Isaiah says that  he shall see his seed. That, of course, could not be, were he not to have been married.
There are those who support the opinion that the first recorded miracle performed by the Savior, that of turning wine into water at the wedding feast, was at his own wedding. President Brigham Young speaks to this subject in the Journal of Discourses, 26 vols., 4:, p.260—

“It will be borne in mind that once on a time, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and on a careful reading of that transaction, it will be discovered that no less a person than Jesus Christ was married on that occasion. If he was never married, his intimacy with Mary and Martha, and the other Mary also whom Jesus loved, must have been highly unbecoming and improper to say the best of it.”

B. H. Roberts in his Defense of the Faith and the Saints, 2:, p.272-273 also treats the same topic—

“‘We say it was Jesus Christ who was married (at Cana) to the Marys and Martha, whereby he could see his seed before he was crucified.’-Apostle Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, volume II.

“Next let us inquire whether there are any intimations in the Scriptures concerning the wives of Jesus. One thing is certain: that there were several holy women who greatly loved Jesus, such as Mary and Martha, her sister, and Mary Magdalene; Jesus greatly loved them and associated with them much; and when he arose from the dead, instead of first showing himself to his chosen witnesses, the apostles, he appeared first to these women, or at least to one of them, namely, Mary Magdalene. Now it would be very natural for a husband in the resurrection to appear first to his own dear wives, and afterwards show himself to his other friends. If all the acts of Jesus were written, we no doubt should learn that these beloved women were his wives. Indeed, the Psalmist David prophesies in particular concerning the wives of the Son of God. ‘Kings’ daughters were among thine honorable wives; upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in a vesture of gold of Ophir.”-Apostle Orson Pratt in The Seer, page 159.

Gramps

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