Chapter

 1 Int|     Gospels of the “sisters” and “brethren” of our Lord was proof that
 2 Int|           that the “sisters” and “brethren” spoken of, were either
 3 Int|    husband of Mary.~2d. That the “brethren” of the Lord were his cousins,
 4 Int|          his cousins, not his own brethren.~3d. That virginity is better
 5 1  |       requested by certain of the brethren not long ago to reply to
 6 1  |         the scandal caused to the brethren who were disgusted at his
 7 4  |    certain persons are called his brethren.~
 8 13 |           of the first-born, that brethren of the Lord are mentioned
 9 13 |        Behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to
10 13 |           and his mother, and his brethren.” And again, 4207 “His brethren
11 13 |   brethren.” And again, 4207 “His brethren therefore said unto him,
12 13 |          adds, 4208 “For even his brethren did not believe on him.”
13 13 |       mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon,
14 13 |     mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.” Paul the Apostle also
15 13 |          of the Apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?”
16 13 |        the same persons are there brethren of the Lord and sons of
17 14 |           persons who were called brethren by the Jews. Observe, Mary
18 14 |         were known to the Jews as brethren of Jesus?”~
19 15 |       Jesus, “For neither did his brethren believe in him.” If he is
20 16 |        did believe, can be called brethren of the Lord. Possibly the
21 16 |          might be that one of the brethren believed immediately while
22 16 |       they were called the Lord’s brethren who were not his brethren?
23 16 |         brethren who were not his brethren? I will show how that is.
24 16 |           there are four kinds of brethren—by nature, race, kindred,
25 16 |       kindred, love. Instances of brethren by nature are Esau and Jacob,
26 16 |         race, all Jews are called brethren of one another, as in Deuteronomy, 4222 “
27 16 |        choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over
28 16 |       anathema from Christ for my brethren’s sake, my kinsmen according
29 16 |          Moreover they are called brethren by kindred who are of one
30 16 |           thy herdmen; for we are brethren.” And again, “So Lot chose
31 16 |      stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they
32 16 |        before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt
33 17 |       last of the four classes of brethren, those, namely, who are
34 17 |            those, namely, who are brethren by affection, and these
35 17 |          us Christians are called brethren, as in the verse, 4232 “
36 17 |        and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.”
37 17 |          declare thy name unto my brethren.” And elsewhere, 4234 “Go
38 17 |       elsewhere, 4234 “Go unto my brethren and say to them.” I say
39 17 |          the prophet, “ye are our brethren.” And the Apostle writing
40 17 |           you consider the Lord’s brethren in the Gospel must be assigned.
41 17 |        must be assigned. They are brethren by nature, you say. But
42 17 |     Joseph. Shall we say they are brethren by race? But it is absurd
43 17 |          few Jews were called His brethren when all Jews of the time
44 17 |        borne the title. Were they brethren by virtue of close intimacy
45 17 |           who were more truly His brethren than the apostles who received
46 17 |         by Him His mother and His brethren? Again, if all men, as such,
47 17 |        all men, as such, were His brethren, it would have been foolish
48 17 |     special message, “Behold, thy brethren seek thee,” for all men
49 17 |      understand them to be called brethren in virtue of the bond of
50 17 |        received a lot among their brethren, just as Abraham himself
51 18 | determined to make a team of four brethren and a heap of sisters come
52 18 |       mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon,
53 18 |          is clear that our Lord’s brethren bore the name in the same
54 18 |         them when they are called brethren, that you apply to Joseph
55 19 |       Gospel—that he spoke of the brethren of the Lord not as being
56 19 |           being sons of Mary, but brethren in the sense I have explained,
57 19 |        explained, that is to say, brethren in point of kinship not
58 21 |        Jacob, and that the Lord’s brethren were the issue of those