Matthew Poole and continuators on Mark 6:3

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

We meet with all this, Matth. 13.53, 54, 55, 56. See the Notes there. By his own questionless, 1s meant Nazareth, the place of his Education tho Bethlehem were the place of his Birth, hence he was usually called Iesus of Nazareth. Luke, Ch. 4.16. Nameth Nazareth, but tho (finding that place affixed in the Margent of our ordinary Bibles as a Paralel Text) I have also put it into the Margent, yet I cannot be confident, that this Text mentioneth the same motion of our Saviours. The constant practice of our Saviour on the Sabbath Days is observable, it is true, he had a Liberty there to Preach, and Expound the Scripture; but without doubt many things of Ritual Nature were there done, which our Lord was far from approving, their Assembles being not Idolatrous, he Judged it no Sin to be present, the main things done there were of his Fathers Institution, for other things we never read our Saviour touched at them. Still the effect of our Saviours Preaching to the Jews, we find to be Amazement and Astonishment, but no Faith. Men may be affected by the Word that are not converted by it. That which troubled them, was, They could not imagine whence our Saviour had his Power to do those mighty Works? 2 To speak things importing such a Wisdom given unto him, they could not conceive how one that had never sate at the Feet of their Doctors, but had been bred up as a Mechanick, should have such Wisdom, and Knowledge, or such a Power to work Miraculous Operations: Is not this the Carpenter. This makes it appear probable that our Saviour did, till he was thirty Years of Age, work with Ioseph in his Trade, whether of a Carpenter or a Mason. (For [non-Latin text not transcribed] signifies either) It is certain he did not begin to appear publickly, and to Preach till he was thirty Years of Age, and it is not probable, that he lived all these Years in Idleness, the Son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon, that is, the Kinsman (as most interpret it) supposing Mary the Mother of our Lord had no more Children. I shall not Determine it. They say these four were the Children of Mary, Sister to the Mother of our Lord, and the Wife of Cleopas, Ch. 15.40. Ch. 16.1. we read of Iames, Ioses and Salome, as the Children of that Mary, but of Iudas, and Simon, we read not. And they were offended at him. That is, altho they heard such things from him, and saw such mighty Works done by him, as they could not but think required a Divine Influence, and Power, yet because by their reason they could not Comprehend, how one who had almost thirty Years lived as a Mechanick amongst them, should come by any such acquaintance with, or Extraordinary Influence from God▪ their Passion quickly went over, and tho they were more modest then with their Corrupt Teachers, to say he did this by the Devil, yet neither would they receive him, and believe him, but slighted and despised him; as if Gods Influence had been tied to their Schools of the Prophets.