“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
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… 13 tells us that Christ went to the hometown of Nazareth, performed miracles. And you know what they said? Hey, isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't this mother's name Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? And they took offense at him. And Jesus said, a prophet is not without honor except in his own country. And you know when James actually did believe in Jesus after he was crucified and he rose again from the dead. And the Bible says he appeared to his brother. So James, who knew Jesus very well, is the author of this book. Yet he never name drops. I mean, it would be hard to not work that into every conversation. James would be talking to people and he'd say something like, I remember when my brother Jesus said this to me in our childhood. What did he say? But he doesn't do that. He doesn't even identify himself as having any connection to Jesus via the family. He just declares himself as a servant. Let's read about it. …
They really believe that Mary had no other children. Look at Matthew 13, verse 55. Let me show you a surprising verse, especially if you're of that persuasion. Matthew 13, verse 55. Now, he's in his hometown. He's preaching in the synagogue. And they were astonished at his teaching. and they said, Is not this the carpenter's son? Yes. Not really, though. He's the product of the Spirit of God. He had no father on earth. He was born of a virgin, but they didn't know that. Is not his mother called Mary? Yes, that's true. And his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, Judas, this isn't Judas Iscariot, just Judas, another Judas. He had four brothers and he had sisters as well. We're told in another part of God's word. He was from a large family. He was the oldest in the family, but the family was large. Now Joseph and Simon and Judas and their brother came and they said, Look, Jesus, why don't you do your thing somewhere else? …
… Where did this man get this wisdom and these miracle powers, they asked? Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? And aren't all his sisters with us? So he knew what it was like to live in a big family also. Where did this man get all these things? And they didn't just marvel at him. They took offense at him. and Jesus said to them, a prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home. And he did not do many miracles there because the lack of their faith. To sum it all up in three words that we've heard a lot in the last few years, he gets us. So what's the significance of him choosing title son of God? The significance is, I think, two things. One, it's a flex on Jesus' part because in the Jewish mind, when he said, I am the son of God, it would have triggered a prophecy from Daniel. …