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Matthew 13:55 — King James Version← Study notes

Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?


Matthew 13:55Greek Interlinear

Greek · Matthew 13:5524 words
GreekMeaning
οὐχouch
SurelyparticleG3756
οὗτόςhoutos
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
ho
thearticleG3588
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
τέκτονοςtektonos
carpenternounG5045
υἱόςhyios
Son?nounG5207
οὐχouch
notparticleG3756
thearticleG3588
μήτηρmētēr
mothernounG3384
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
λέγεταιlegetai
is namedverbG3004
ΜαριὰμMariam
Mary?nounG3137
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
ἀδελφοὶadelphoi
brothersnounG80
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
ἸάκωβοςIakōbos
JamesnounG2385
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἸωσὴφIōsēph
JosephnounG2501
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ΣίμωνSimōn
SimonnounG4613
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἸούδαςIoudas
Judas?nounG2455
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Matthew 13:55

After the parables which the Lord spake to the people, and which the Apostles only understand, He goes over into His own country that He may teach there also.

Jerome · 4th century

From the foregoing discourse consisting of these parables, He passes to what follows without any very evident connexion between them. Besides which, Mark passes from these parables to a different event from what Matthew here gives; and Luke agrees with him, so continuing the thread of the story as to make it much more probable that that which they relate followed here, namely, about the ship in which Jesus slept, and the miracle of the daemons cast out; which Matthew has…

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Ev., ii, 42

By 'his own country' here, He means Nazareth; for it was not there but in Capharnaum that, as is said below, He wrought so many miracles; but to these He shews His doctrine, causing no less wonder than His miracles.

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom., xlviii
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