SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:55
¿No es ste el hijo del carpintero? ¿No se llama su madre María, y sus hermanos Jacobo y Jos, y Simn, y Judas?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:55
Verse 55. Is not this the carpenter's son?] Seven copies of the old Itala have, Is not this the son of JOSEPH the carpenter? But it is likely our Lord, during the thirty years of his abode at Nazareth, wrought at the same trade with Joseph; and perhaps this is what is intended, Luke ii. 51. He went down with them (his parents) to Nazareth, and was SUBJECT unto them. An honest trade is no discredit to any man. He who spends his time in idleness is fit for any business in which the devil chooses to employ him.
Is not his mother-Mary, and his brethren, James, &c.] This insulting question seems to intimate that our Lord's family was a very obscure one; and that they were of small repute among their neighbours, except for their piety.
It is possible that brethren and sisters may mean here near relations, as the words are used among the Heb. in this latitude of meaning; but I confess it does not appear to me likely. Why should the children of another family be brought in here to share a reproach which it is evident was designed for Joseph the carpenter, Mary his wife, Jesus their son, and their other children? Prejudice apart, would not any person of plain common sense suppose, from this account, that these were the children of Joseph and Mary, and the brothers and sisters of our Lord, according to the flesh? It seems odd that this should be doubted; but, through an unaccountable prejudice, Papists and Protestants are determined to maintain as a doctrine, that on which the Scriptures are totally silent, viz.
the perpetual virginity of the mother of our Lord. See Matthew i. 25.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 55. Is not this the carpenters son? etc.] Meaning Joseph, who was by trade a carpenter, and whose son Jesus was supposed to be; and who very probably was now dead, which may be the reason he is not mentioned by name. The Greek word here used, signifies any mechanic, or artificer.
The Syriac expresses it by a word, which signifies both a carpenter and a blacksmith; and Munsters Hebrew Gospel renders it, ajpn b , the blacksmiths son. But the generally received notion of the ancient Christians is, that he was a carpenter, and that Jesus was brought up to the same business, which lay in making ploughs and yokes f813 . This also appears, from the answer the Christian schoolmaster at Antioch gave to Libanius the sophister; who being big with expectation of Julian the apostates getting the victory, asked the schoolmaster, what he thought the carpenters son was doing? To which, after a short pause, he replied; O sophister! the Creator of all things, whom thou callest the carpenters son, is making a coffin for Julian; who accordingly died in a few days after f814 .
The Jews make mention of one Abba Joseph, yanbh , the builder, or carpenter f815 ; but whether the same, is not certain. What they here say, was no doubt by way of derision and contempt; and yet the same phrase is used by them of a person of great note and fame, for his wisdom and knowledge: thus speaking of a difficult point, they say, rgn rb alw rgn tyl , no carpenter, or smith, or a carpenters son, can solve this: says R. Shesheth, I am neither a carpenter, nor a carpenters son, and I can solve it.
The gloss upon it is, a wise man, the son of a wise man. Is not his mother called Mary? Plain Mary, without any other title, or civil respect; a poor spinstress, that got her bread by her hand labour: the Jews say f817 , she was a plaiter of womens hair, and treat her with the utmost scorn. And his brethren ; not strictly so, but either the sons of Joseph by a former wife; or Marys, or Josephs brothers or sisters sons, and so cousins to Christ; it being usual with the Jews to call such, and even more distant relations, brethren: James ; the son of Alphaeus, or Cleophas, one of Christs disciples, ( Matthew 10:3) called the Lords brother, (Gal 1:19) and the same that wrote the epistle that bears his name: and Joses ; or Joseph, as the Vulgate Latin, and Munsters Hebrew Gospel read; and which two names are one and the same: hence, in Talmudic writings, we often read of R. Jose, who is the same with R. Joseph f818 : this Joses is, by Dr. Lightfoot, conjectured to be the same with Joseph, called Barsabas, who was put in nomination for apostleship, after the death of Judas, ( Acts 1:23) And Simon ; or Symeon, the son of Cleophas, who is said to succeed James, as bishop of Jerusalem, and to be Christs cousin, being son of Cleophas, the brother of Joseph, the supposed father of Christ: and Judas ; the same that is called Lebbaeus, and Thaddaeus, ( Matthew 10:3) and the brother of James, ( Luke 6:16) and the same that wrote the epistle that goes by his name. The Jews ought not to have made these remarks, since many of their great doctors were of mean parentage; as R.
Zachariah was a butchers son f820 , and R. Jochanan a blacksmiths son f821 ; hence that advice of R. Juda ben Bethira f822 , take heed that ye do not reproach the sons of the common people, for from them comes forth the law.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 53-58 - Christ repeats his offer to those who have repulsed them. They upbrai him, Is not this the carpenter's son? Yes, it is true he was reputed to be so; and no disgrace to be the son of an honest tradesman; the should have respected him the more because he was one of themselves but therefore they despised him. He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Unbelief is the great hinderance to Christ' favours. Let us keep faithful to him as the Saviour who has made ou peace with God __________________________________________________________________
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