3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.



Ver. 3. Is not this the carpenter?] ôåêôùí . Not the smith, as Hilary and Ambrose render it. Christ made yokes and ploughs, saith Justin Martyr. And hence in his preaching he drew similitudes from the yoke, Mat_11:29; Luk_9:62, saith a Lapide. {See Trapp on "Mat_13:55"}