ὁ τ. τέκτονος υἱός : Mk. has ὁ τέκτων, which our evangelist avoids; the son of the carpenter, one only in the town, well known to all. Μαριὰμ … Ιάκωβος, etc., names given of mother and brothers, to show how well they know the whole family. And this other man just come back is simply another of the family whose name happens to be Jesus. Why should He be so different? It is an absurdity, an offence, not to be commonplace. The irritation of the Nazareans is satisfactory evidence of the extraordinary in Jesus.

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