Mat 13:55. Τοῦ τέκτονος-ἡ μήτηρ, of the carpenter-His mother) Hence it may be inferred that Joseph had long been dead, and that Mary had lived in obscurity.-Μαριὰμ-Ἰάκωβος, Mary-James) They speak of them thus as if they had nothing but a name, by which name they were well known.