The one thing that is being over looked is if this person had leprosy then they would be pronounced unclean and could not be buried in a family plot.. Anyone touching the body would be unclean; it would have been against their religious beliefs.
Would the roman military persons take a chance to touch a person with leprosy?
And finally why does he say that Jesus had 6 half brothers and sisters? When the bible contradicts that claim.
Like a lot of these guys he uses the Bible when it suits him (as is mentioned in the article) and then develops "theories" of his own when it suits him.
"And finally why does he say that Jesus had 6 half brothers and sisters? When the bible contradicts that claim."
I do not recall that the bible gives a number, but it does confirm that he had brothers. It mentions them as coming out when he is preaching to collect him. When told that his mother and brothers were looking for him, he replies "Who are my brothers and mothers? Those that do the will of God" Traditionally the brothers were considered elder half brothers by a previous marriage of Joseph.