Matthew 13:55-56

13:55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? ¹  And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? 13:56 And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?” ² 

Mark 6:3

6:3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son ³  of Mary ⁴  and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.

John 7:3-6

7:3 So Jesus’ brothers ⁵  advised him, “Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing. ⁶  7:4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself ⁷  does anything in secret. ⁸  If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 7:5 (For not even his own brothers believed in him.) ⁹ 

7:6 So Jesus replied, ¹⁰  “My time ¹¹  has not yet arrived, ¹²  but you are ready at any opportunity! ¹³ 

Acts 1:14

1:14 All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. ¹⁴ 

Acts 1:1

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

1:1 I wrote ¹⁵  the former ¹⁶  account, ¹⁷  Theophilus, ¹⁸  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

Colossians 1:5

1:5 Your faith and love have arisen ¹⁹  from the hope laid up ²⁰  for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel ²¹ 

Galatians 1:19

1:19 But I saw none of the other apostles ²²  except James the Lord’s brother.

[13:55]  ¹ sn The reference to Jesus as the carpenter’s son is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to his mother…Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1-2; John 4:41; 8:41; 9:29).

[13:56]  ² tn Grk “Where did he get these things?”

[6:3]  ³ tc Evidently because of the possible offensiveness of designating Jesus a carpenter, several mss ([Ì^45vid] ˹³ 33^vid [565 579] 700 [2542] pc it vg^mss) harmonize the words “carpenter, the son” to the parallel passage in Matt 13:55, “the son of the carpenter.” Almost all the rest of the mss read “the carpenter, the son.” Since the explicit designation of Jesus as a carpenter is the more difficult reading, and is much better attested, it is most likely correct.

[6:3]  ⁴ sn The reference to Jesus as the carpenter is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to him as the son of Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1-2; John 6:42; 8:41; 9:29).

[7:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “his brothers.”

[7:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “your deeds that you are doing.”

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Or “seeks to be well known.”

[7:4]  ⁸ sn No one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret means, in effect: “if you’re going to perform signs to authenticate yourself as Messiah, you should do them at Jerusalem.” (Jerusalem is where mainstream Jewish apocalyptic tradition held that Messiah would appear.)

[7:5]  ⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[7:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them.”

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “my opportunity.”

[7:6]  ¹² tn Or “is not yet here.”

[7:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “your time is always ready.”

[1:14]  ¹⁴ sn Jesus’ brothers are mentioned in Matt 13:55 and John 7:3.

[1:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “produced,” Grk “made.”

[1:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “first.” The translation “former” is preferred because “first” could imply to the modern English reader that the author means that his previous account was the first one to be written down. The Greek term πρῶτος (prwtos) does not necessarily mean “first” in an absolute sense, but can refer to the first in a set or series. That is what is intended here – the first account (known as the Gospel of Luke) as compared to the second one (known as Acts).

[1:1]  ¹⁷ tn The Greek word λόγος (logos) is sometimes translated “book” (NRSV, NIV) or “treatise” (KJV). A formal, systematic treatment of a subject is implied, but the word “book” may be too specific and slightly misleading to the modern reader, so “account” has been used.

[1:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “O Theophilus,” but the usage of the vocative in Acts with ὦ (w) is unemphatic, following more the classical idiom (see ExSyn 69).

[1:5]  ¹⁹ tn Col 1:3-8 form one long sentence in the Greek text and have been divided at the end of v. 4 and v. 6 and within v. 6 for clarity, in keeping with the tendency in contemporary English toward shorter sentences. Thus the phrase “Your faith and love have arisen from the hope” is literally “because of the hope.” The perfect tense “have arisen” was chosen in the English to reflect the fact that the recipients of the letter had acquired this hope at conversion in the past, but that it still remains and motivates them to trust in Christ and to love one another.

[1:5]  ²⁰ tn BDAG 113 s.v. ἀπόκειμαι 2 renders ἀποκειμένην (apokeimenhn) with the expression “reserved” in this verse.

[1:5]  ²¹ tn The term “the gospel” (τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, tou euangeliou) is in apposition to “the word of truth” (τῷ λόγῳ τῆς ἀληθείας, tw logw th" alhqeia") as indicated in the translation.

[1:19]  ²² tn Grk “But another of the apostles I did not see, except…” with “another” in emphatic position in the Greek text. Paul is determined to make the point that his contacts with the original twelve apostles and other leaders of the Jerusalem church were limited, thus asserting his independence from them.