Question: Did Jesus have any brothers and sisters? What ever happened to Joseph, his father? 1. Yes. Mark 6:3. Acts 1:14; Gal. 1:19. Best evidence is that James and Jude who wrote the epistles which bear their names were brothers of Jesus. 2. Since Joseph, who stood in the stead of a father to Jesus, is never mentioned after Jesus became an adult, it is assumed that he was dead by then. He evidently died somewhere between the narrative recorded in Luke 2, when Jesus was 12, and Joseph is last mentioned, and the events of Luke 3, which records Jesus beginning His ministry at the age of 30.